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Cuban Rum 1973 49 Year Old Kyoto Fine Wines & Spirits

£600

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

6

Houses

1

Last sold

308 days ago

Cuban Rum 1973 49 Year Old Kyoto Fine Wines & Spirits is a collectable Scotch whisky from Cuban Rum aged 49 years. Based on 6 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £600, with the most recent sale at £600. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £580 (low) to £700 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Cuban Rum 1973 49 Year Old Kyoto Fine Wines & Spirits is £540–£660 10% around the latest sale).

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About Cuban Rum

Cuban Rum is a whisky distillery. Cuban Rum 1973 49 Year Old Kyoto Fine Wines & Spirits is an age-stated bottling at 49 years old, distilled in 1973.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1973), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 49-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
Cuban Rum
Age
49 years
Vintage
1973
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£600

24-month median

£600

24-month high

£700

24-month low

£580

Estimated value · likely range

£540–£660 ±10%

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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Trend

50% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

308 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£563£642£721Dec 24Jan 25Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
November 2025£6002
January 2025£7002
December 2024£5802

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Cuban Rum 1973 49 Year Old Kyoto Fine Wines & Spirits at auction?

Cuban Rum 1973 49 Year Old Kyoto Fine Wines & Spirits appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 50% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 39% by auction activity among the 30,866 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Cuban Rum 1973 49 Year Old Kyoto Fine Wines & Spirits?

The latest hammer price for Cuban Rum 1973 49 Year Old Kyoto Fine Wines & Spirits at auction is £600. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £600, with a high of £700 and a low of £580. 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 Cuban Rum 1973 49 Year Old Kyoto Fine Wines & Spirits changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Cuban Rum 1973 49 Year Old Kyoto Fine Wines & Spirits, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £580 to £700 (median £600).

Where can I sell Cuban Rum 1973 49 Year Old Kyoto Fine Wines & Spirits?

Cuban Rum 1973 49 Year Old Kyoto Fine Wines & Spirits 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 £600 (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 Cuban Rum 1973 49 Year Old Kyoto Fine Wines & Spirits a good investment?

Cuban Rum 1973 49 Year Old Kyoto Fine Wines & Spirits has appeared in 6 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £600. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Cuban Rum 1973 49 Year Old Kyoto Fine Wines & Spirits?

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 £600, 24-month median £600 — 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 Cuban Rum 1973 49 Year Old Kyoto Fine Wines & Spirits that hammers at £600 would cost the buyer approximately £756 all-in including buyer's premium.

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