Karuizawa 20 Year Old (1993) SMWS 132.3 (1993) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Karuizawa aged 20 years. Based on 1 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,225, with the most recent sale at £1,225. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,225 (low) to £1,225 (high).
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Karuizawa is a whisky distillery. Karuizawa 20 Year Old (1993) SMWS 132.3 is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 1993.
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 (1993), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 20-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
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.
Latest sale
£1,225
24-month median
£1,225
24-month high
£1,225
24-month low
£1,225
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £1,225 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Karuizawa 20 Year Old (1993) SMWS 132.3 (1993) at auction is £1,225. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,225, with a high of £1,225 and a low of £1,225. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Karuizawa 20 Year Old (1993) SMWS 132.3 (1993), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £1,225 to £1,225 (median £1,225).
Karuizawa 20 Year Old (1993) SMWS 132.3 (1993) 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 £1,225 (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%.
Karuizawa 20 Year Old (1993) SMWS 132.3 (1993) has appeared in 1 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £1,225. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £1,225, 24-month median £1,225 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 20 Year Old (1993) SMWS 132.3 (1993) that hammers at £1,225 would cost the buyer approximately £1,544 all-in including buyer's premium.
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