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Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #507

£1,700
15%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 8 lots a year

Auction lots

26

Houses

1

Last sold

54 days ago

Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #507 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Karuizawa. Based on 26 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,700, with the most recent sale at £1,700. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,200 (low) to £2,200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #507 is £1,450–£1,950 15% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #507 is down 15%, with a 6-month trend of -22.7% (down). 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 Karuizawa

Karuizawa is a whisky distillery. Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #507 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled 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 (2000), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 507) 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
Karuizawa
Vintage
2000
Cask number
507
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,700

24-month median

£1,700

24-month high

£2,200

24-month low

£1,200

Estimated value · likely range

£1,450–£1,950 ±15%

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

8 lots

Cadence

≈ every 46 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 11% of tracked bottles

Last seen

54 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

22.7%vs 6 months ago
15%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£1,164£1,715£2,266Oct 20Sept 21Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1,7001
June 2026£1,2001
March 2026£1,3002
December 2025£1,5002
November 2025£1,7002
March 2024£2,0002
September 2021£2,2004
May 2021£2,0002
April 2021£1,8002
March 2021£1,7002
January 2021£1,5002
November 2020£2,0002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #507 at auction?

Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #507 appeared in 8 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That puts it in the top 11% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #507?

The latest hammer price for Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #507 at auction is £1,700. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,700, with a high of £2,200 and a low of £1,200. 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 2000 Single Cask #507 changed in value over the past year?

Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #507 is down 15% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 22.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #507?

Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #507 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 £1,700 (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 2000 Single Cask #507 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #507 has moved down 15%, with a current median hammer price of £1,700. The bottle has been observed at auction across 26 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 Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #507?

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 £1,700, 24-month median £1,700 — 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 2000 Single Cask #507 that hammers at £1,700 would cost the buyer approximately £2,142 all-in including buyer's premium.

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