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Kanosuke - First Edition (2021)

£140
36.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

20

Houses

1

Last sold

89 days ago

Kanosuke - First Edition (2021) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Kanosuke - First Edition (2021), bottled in 2021. Based on 20 recorded auction lots across 20 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £200, with the most recent sale at £140. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £85 (low) to £470 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Kanosuke - First Edition (2021) is £84–£196 40% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Kanosuke - First Edition (2021) is down 36.4%, with a 6-month trend of +16.7% (up). wsky1 aggregates hammer prices from major public Scotch whisky auctions including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium (typically 24–28% additional at major houses). Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

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About Kanosuke - First Edition (2021)

Kanosuke - First Edition (2021) is a whisky distillery. Kanosuke - First Edition (2021) is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 2021.

What drives this bottle's value

Kanosuke - First Edition (2021) is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Kanosuke - First Edition (2021) rather than by built-in rarity.

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 - First Edition (2021)
Bottled
2021
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£140

24-month median

£200

24-month high

£470

24-month low

£85

Estimated value · likely range

£84–£196 ±40%

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

33% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

89 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

16.7%vs 6 months ago
36.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£82£283£484Aug 21Sept 22Feb 23Oct 23Sept 24Dec 25Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£1401
December 2025£1201
March 2025£851
February 2025£1201
September 2024£851
April 2024£1051
March 2024£1201
October 2023£1301
August 2023£2101
June 2023£1351
February 2023£2301
January 2023£1901

Frequently asked questions

How rare is Kanosuke - First Edition (2021) at auction?

Kanosuke - First Edition (2021) 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 33% on the previous 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 Kanosuke - First Edition (2021)?

The latest hammer price for Kanosuke - First Edition (2021) at auction is £140. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £200, with a high of £470 and a low of £85. 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 - First Edition (2021) changed in value over the past year?

Kanosuke - First Edition (2021) is down 36.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 16.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Kanosuke - First Edition (2021)?

Kanosuke - First Edition (2021) 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 £200 (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 - First Edition (2021) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Kanosuke - First Edition (2021) has moved down 36.4%, with a current median hammer price of £200. The bottle has been observed at auction across 20 recorded lots in our database. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice. Whisky is an illiquid alternative asset; secondary-market value depends heavily on bottle condition, fill level, label integrity, and timing.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Kanosuke - First Edition (2021)?

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 £140, 24-month median £200 — 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 - First Edition (2021) that hammers at £140 would cost the buyer approximately £176 all-in including buyer's premium.

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