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Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #003 ‘Yukihito Kanai'

£150

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 10 lots a year

Auction lots

16

Houses

1

Last sold

38 days ago

Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #003 ‘Yukihito Kanai' is a collectable Scotch whisky from Kanosuke, bottled in 2018. Based on 16 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £140, with the most recent sale at £150. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £100 (low) to £210 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #003 ‘Yukihito Kanai' is £137–£163 9% around the latest sale).

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About Kanosuke

Kanosuke is a whisky distillery. Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #003 ‘Yukihito Kanai' is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 2018.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 003) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

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
Kanosuke
Bottled
2018
Cask number
003
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£150

24-month median

£140

24-month high

£210

24-month low

£100

Estimated value · likely range

£137–£163 ±9%

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

10 lots

Cadence

≈ every 37 days

Trend

67% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 8% of tracked bottles

Last seen

38 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

28.6%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£97£157£216Oct 24Jan 25Jun 25Sept 25Nov 25Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1501
June 2026£1001
November 2025£1106
September 2025£1502
June 2025£1402
January 2025£1402
October 2024£2102

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #003 ‘Yukihito Kanai' at auction?

Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #003 ‘Yukihito Kanai' appeared in 10 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 67% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 8% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #003 ‘Yukihito Kanai'?

The latest hammer price for Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #003 ‘Yukihito Kanai' at auction is £150. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £140, with a high of £210 and a low of £100. 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 Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #003 ‘Yukihito Kanai' changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #003 ‘Yukihito Kanai', so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £100 to £210 (median £140).

Where can I sell Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #003 ‘Yukihito Kanai'?

Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #003 ‘Yukihito Kanai' 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 £140 (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 Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #003 ‘Yukihito Kanai' a good investment?

Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #003 ‘Yukihito Kanai' has appeared in 16 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £140. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #003 ‘Yukihito Kanai'?

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 £150, 24-month median £140 — 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 Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #003 ‘Yukihito Kanai' that hammers at £150 would cost the buyer approximately £189 all-in including buyer's premium.

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