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Japonism 1976 Blended Scotch For Sansibar & Shinanoya

£340

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

2

Houses

1

Last sold

216 days ago

Japonism 1976 Blended Scotch For Sansibar & Shinanoya is a collectable Scotch whisky from Japonism. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 2 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £370, with the most recent sale at £340. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £340 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Japonism 1976 Blended Scotch For Sansibar & Shinanoya is £312–£368 8% around the latest sale).

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About Japonism

Japonism is a whisky distillery. Japonism 1976 Blended Scotch For Sansibar & Shinanoya is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1976.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1976), so the available batch is inherently finite.

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
Japonism
Vintage
1976
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£340

24-month median

£370

24-month high

£400

24-month low

£340

Estimated value · likely range

£312–£368 ±8%

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

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

216 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£330£371£412Nov 25Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
February 2026£3401
November 2025£4001

Frequently asked questions

How rare is Japonism 1976 Blended Scotch For Sansibar & Shinanoya at auction?

Japonism 1976 Blended Scotch For Sansibar & Shinanoya 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 puts it in the top 39% by auction activity among the 30,758 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Japonism 1976 Blended Scotch For Sansibar & Shinanoya?

The latest hammer price for Japonism 1976 Blended Scotch For Sansibar & Shinanoya at auction is £340. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £370, with a high of £400 and a low of £340. 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 Japonism 1976 Blended Scotch For Sansibar & Shinanoya changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Japonism 1976 Blended Scotch For Sansibar & Shinanoya, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £340 to £400 (median £370).

Where can I sell Japonism 1976 Blended Scotch For Sansibar & Shinanoya?

Japonism 1976 Blended Scotch For Sansibar & Shinanoya 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 £370 (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 Japonism 1976 Blended Scotch For Sansibar & Shinanoya a good investment?

Japonism 1976 Blended Scotch For Sansibar & Shinanoya has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £370. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Japonism 1976 Blended Scotch For Sansibar & Shinanoya?

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 £340, 24-month median £370 — 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 Japonism 1976 Blended Scotch For Sansibar & Shinanoya that hammers at £340 would cost the buyer approximately £428 all-in including buyer's premium.

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