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Karuizawa2000 release70cl

Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 31st Edition)

£1,050

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

4

Houses

1

Last sold

193 days ago

Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 31st Edition) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Karuizawa, bottled in 2000. Based on 4 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,050, with the most recent sale at £1,050. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,025 (low) to £1,800 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 31st Edition) is £663–£1,438 37% around the latest sale).

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About Karuizawa

Karuizawa is a whisky distillery. Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 31st Edition) is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1999, released in 2000.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Closed / ghost distillery

    Karuizawa closed in 2000 and has since been demolished — no new whisky will ever be produced, which underpins exceptional auction demand.

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1999), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as 31stcaskstrengthvintages, 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
Karuizawa
Vintage
1999
Bottled
2000
Edition
Vintages Cask Strength 31st
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,050

24-month median

£1,050

24-month high

£1,800

24-month low

£1,025

Estimated value · likely range

£663–£1,438 ±37%

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

193 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£994£1,424£1,854Aug 23Oct 24Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
February 2026£1,0502
October 2024£1,0251
August 2023£1,8001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 31st Edition) at auction?

Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 31st Edition) 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 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 31st Edition)?

The latest hammer price for Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 31st Edition) at auction is £1,050. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,050, with a high of £1,800 and a low of £1,025. 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 Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 31st Edition) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 31st Edition), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £1,025 to £1,800 (median £1,050).

Where can I sell Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 31st Edition)?

Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 31st Edition) 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 £1,050 (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 Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 31st Edition) a good investment?

Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 31st Edition) has appeared in 4 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £1,050. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 31st Edition)?

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 £1,050, 24-month median £1,050 — 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 Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 31st Edition) that hammers at £1,050 would cost the buyer approximately £1,323 all-in including buyer's premium.

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