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Karuizawa 1999 Geisha Cask #866

£1,600

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

7

Houses

1

Last sold

290 days ago

Karuizawa 1999 Geisha Cask #866 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Karuizawa. Based on 7 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,750, with the most recent sale at £1,600. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,600 (low) to £2,400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Karuizawa 1999 Geisha Cask #866 is £1,463–£1,737 9% around the latest sale).

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About Karuizawa

Karuizawa is a whisky distillery. Karuizawa 1999 Geisha Cask #866 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1999.

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 Karuizawa 1999 Geisha Cask #866, 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
Expression
1999 Geisha Cask #866
Vintage
1999
Edition
Karuizawa 1999 Geisha Cask #866
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,600

24-month median

£1,750

24-month high

£2,400

24-month low

£1,600

Estimated value · likely range

£1,463–£1,737 ±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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 99% of tracked bottles

Last seen

290 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£1,552£2,012£2,472Mar 20Jan 23Oct 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2025£1,6001
January 2023£2,4001
January 2021£1,6002
September 2020£1,9001
June 2020£1,9001
March 2020£1,6001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Karuizawa 1999 Geisha Cask #866 at auction?

Karuizawa 1999 Geisha Cask #866 appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 99% by auction activity among the 24,568 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Karuizawa 1999 Geisha Cask #866?

The latest hammer price for Karuizawa 1999 Geisha Cask #866 at auction is £1,600. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,750, with a high of £2,400 and a low of £1,600. 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 Geisha Cask #866 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Karuizawa 1999 Geisha Cask #866, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £1,600 to £2,400 (median £1,750).

Where can I sell Karuizawa 1999 Geisha Cask #866?

Karuizawa 1999 Geisha Cask #866 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 £1,750 (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 Geisha Cask #866 a good investment?

Karuizawa 1999 Geisha Cask #866 has appeared in 7 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £1,750. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Karuizawa 1999 Geisha Cask #866?

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 £1,600, 24-month median £1,750 — 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 Geisha Cask #866 that hammers at £1,600 would cost the buyer approximately £2,016 all-in including buyer's premium.

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