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Investing in Shizuoka

18 Shizuoka expressions tracked across 78+ auction observations.

12-mo avg return

-31.3%

Median return

-36.0%

Volatility (±)

15.5%

Verdict

Significant decline — wait for stabilisation

Top performers (12 months)

Shizuoka bottles with the largest year-over-year median price gains.

BottleCurrent median12mo agoChange
Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #437 For Select Whiskey£120£118+2.1%
Shizuoka 2017 Private Cask #37 For Awaya Hotel£95£110-13.6%
Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #530 Warrior Series Edition #4 For Whiskay£170£210-19.0%
Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #528 Warrior Series Edition #3 For Whiskay£170£260-34.6%
Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #482 Warrior Series Edition #1 For Whiskay£180£280-35.7%
Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #529 Mecha Series Neptune For Whiskay With Stress Ball£95£150-36.7%
Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #529 Mecha Series Saturn For Whiskay With Stress Ball£88£140-37.5%
Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #483 Warrior Series Edition #2 For Whiskay£170£280-39.3%

Blue-chip Shizuoka

Highest median auction price — the established collectables.

Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #482 Warrior Series Edition #1 For Whiskay

£180

6 observations

Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #483 Warrior Series Edition #2 For Whiskay

£170

6 observations

Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #528 Warrior Series Edition #3 For Whiskay

£170

6 observations

Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #530 Warrior Series Edition #4 For Whiskay

£170

6 observations

Shizuoka 2018 6 Year Old Single Cask #864 For Blackadder

£150

3 observations

Entry-level (under £150)

Affordable Shizuoka expressions for first-time collectors — at least 3 auction observations to confirm market liquidity.

Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #529 Mecha Series Mars For Whiskay With Stress Ball

£78

7 observations

Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #529 Mecha Series Jupiter For Whiskay With Stress Ball

£80

7 observations

Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #529 Mecha Series Saturn For Whiskay With Stress Ball

£88

7 observations

Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #529 Mecha Series Neptune For Whiskay With Stress Ball

£95

7 observations

Shizuoka 2017 Private Cask #37 For Awaya Hotel

£95

5 observations

Cooled off (12 months)

Shizuoka bottles that have softened — either fair-value entry points or bottles to avoid, depending on your thesis.

Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #529 Mecha Series Mars For Whiskay With Stress Ball£78-51.6%
Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #529 Mecha Series Jupiter For Whiskay With Stress Ball£80-46.7%
Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #483 Warrior Series Edition #2 For Whiskay£170-39.3%
Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #529 Mecha Series Saturn For Whiskay With Stress Ball£88-37.5%
Shizuoka 2019 Private Cask #529 Mecha Series Neptune For Whiskay With Stress Ball£95-36.7%

How wsky1 thinks about whisky investment

Past auction prices are the most defensible signal of a bottle's collectable value — but they are not a forecast. The data below comes from 78+ hammered lots across six major auction houses; none of it is curated or pay-for-placement.

Three rules-of-thumb a working collector should keep in mind:

  • Liquidity matters. A bottle that trades once a year cannot be priced reliably. Filter for ≥3 observations before you trust any "median" number.
  • Premium swings. Major auction houses charge 24–28% buyer's premium on top of hammer. Net return after both buy- and sell-side premium is roughly hammer × 0.78 ÷ paid × 1.26.
  • Concentrated risk. One bottle is a story; a 6-bottle portfolio across two or three distilleries is an asset class.

For a deeper view, the full Shizuoka catalog with live prices lists every tracked expression with its full price history chart.

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