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Chichibu2018 release70cl

Chichibu London Edition 2018

£290

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 9 lots a year

Auction lots

29

Houses

1

Last sold

16 days ago

Chichibu London Edition 2018 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Chichibu, bottled in 2018. Based on 29 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £280, with the most recent sale at £290. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £230 (low) to £480 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Chichibu London Edition 2018 is £255–£325 (±12% around the latest sale).

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About Chichibu

Chichibu is a whisky distillery. Chichibu London Edition 2018 is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 2018.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as london, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

These are scarcity and demand signals drawn from the bottle's own attributes — they describe the bottle, not a prediction of future price. Not investment advice.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Chichibu
Bottled
2018
Edition
London
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£290

24-month median

£280

24-month high

£480

24-month low

£230

Estimated value · likely range

£255–£325 ±12%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

Market presence

last 12 months

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

9 lots

Cadence

≈ every 41 days

Trend

▼ 25% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 8% of tracked bottles

Last seen

16 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▲ 20.8%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£223£359£494Sept 24Nov 24Jan 25Aug 25Feb 26Jun 26Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£2902
June 2026£2501
May 2026£2402
February 2026£3402
November 2025£2302
August 2025£2702
June 2025£2402
January 2025£2502
December 2024£3204
November 2024£3002
October 2024£3136
September 2024£4802

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Chichibu London Edition 2018 at auction?

Chichibu London Edition 2018 appeared in 9 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 25% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 8% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Chichibu London Edition 2018?

The latest hammer price for Chichibu London Edition 2018 at auction is £290. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £280, with a high of £480 and a low of £230. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium. Data is aggregated from major auction houses including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams.

How much has Chichibu London Edition 2018 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Chichibu London Edition 2018, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £230 to £480 (median £280).

Where can I sell Chichibu London Edition 2018?

Chichibu London Edition 2018 regularly appears at major Scotch whisky auction houses including Scotch Whisky Auctions (Scotland), Whisky Auctioneer (Scotland), Just Whisky, Whisky Hammer, and Bonhams. The current median hammer price is £280 (excluding buyer's premium). At most major houses, buyer's premium adds 24–28% on top of hammer for the buyer; sellers typically receive the hammer price minus a sales commission of 5–15%.

Is Chichibu London Edition 2018 a good investment?

Chichibu London Edition 2018 has appeared in 29 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £280. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Chichibu London Edition 2018?

wsky1 ingests public auction results from major auction houses (via direct scraping of Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, Bonhams, and Whisky Hammer, plus aggregated data from WhiskyHunter). For each bottle, we group hammer prices by year-month and compute the median price per month. The figures shown — latest £290, 24-month median £280 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding buyer's premium.

Does the price include buyer's premium?

No. All prices on wsky1 are hammer prices only. Buyer's premium at major Scotch whisky auction houses currently runs at 24–28% on top of the hammer price. A bottle of Chichibu London Edition 2018 that hammers at £290 would cost the buyer approximately £365 all-in including buyer's premium.

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