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Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #7550

£1,600

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

14

Houses

1

Last sold

44 days ago

Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #7550 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Karuizawa. Based on 14 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,850, with the most recent sale at £1,600. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,500 (low) to £2,500 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #7550 is £1,470–£1,730 (±8% around the latest sale).

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About Karuizawa

Karuizawa is a whisky distillery. Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #7550 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.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #7550, 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
2000 Single Cask #7550
Vintage
2000
Edition
Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #7550
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,600

24-month median

£1,850

24-month high

£2,500

24-month low

£1,500

Estimated value · likely range

£1,470–£1,730 ±8%

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 36% of tracked bottles

Last seen

44 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 11.1%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£1,455£2,015£2,575Nov 20Jan 23Apr 24May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£1,6001
May 2026£1,5001
April 2024£1,9002
January 2023£2,5001
September 2021£2,3001
August 2021£2,1002
May 2021£1,8001
April 2021£1,9001
March 2021£1,8001
January 2021£1,5001
November 2020£1,8502

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #7550 at auction?

Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #7550 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 36% by auction activity among the 35,289 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 #7550?

The latest hammer price for Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #7550 at auction is £1,600. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,850, with a high of £2,500 and a low of £1,500. 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 #7550 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #7550, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £1,500 to £2,500 (median £1,850).

Where can I sell Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #7550?

Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #7550 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 £1,850 (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 #7550 a good investment?

Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #7550 has appeared in 14 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £1,850. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Karuizawa 2000 Single Cask #7550?

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 £1,850 — 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 #7550 that hammers at £1,600 would cost the buyer approximately £2,016 all-in including buyer's premium.

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