latest hammer price
Auction lots
13
Houses
1
Last sold
2277 days ago
Karuizawa Cask Strength 2nd Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Karuizawa. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £320, with the most recent sale at £800. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £140 (low) to £800 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Karuizawa Cask Strength 2nd Release is £500–£1,100 (±38% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Karuizawa Cask Strength 2nd Release is up 471.4%, with a 6-month trend of +150% (up). 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.
Karuizawa is a whisky distillery. Karuizawa Cask Strength 2nd Release is a no-age-statement bottling.
Closed / ghost distillery
Karuizawa closed in 2000 and has since been demolished — no new whisky will ever be produced, which underpins exceptional auction demand.
Named / limited release
Released as Karuizawa Cask Strength 2nd Release, 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.
Latest sale
£800
24-month median
£320
24-month high
£800
24-month low
£140
Estimated value · likely range
£500–£1,100 ±38%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market
Seen at auction
0 lots
Last seen
2277 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | £800 | 1 |
| July 2019 | £700 | 1 |
| December 2018 | £800 | 1 |
| January 2018 | £540 | 1 |
| July 2017 | £520 | 1 |
| February 2016 | £300 | 1 |
| April 2015 | £320 | 1 |
| March 2015 | £390 | 1 |
| February 2015 | £320 | 1 |
| January 2015 | £280 | 1 |
| December 2014 | £300 | 1 |
| June 2014 | £250 | 1 |
Karuizawa Cask Strength 2nd Release appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market).
The latest hammer price for Karuizawa Cask Strength 2nd Release at auction is £800. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £320, with a high of £800 and a low of £140. 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.
Karuizawa Cask Strength 2nd Release is up 471.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 150%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Karuizawa Cask Strength 2nd Release 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 £320 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Karuizawa Cask Strength 2nd Release has moved up 471.4%, with a current median hammer price of £320. The bottle has been observed at auction across 13 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.
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 £800, 24-month median £320 — 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 Cask Strength 2nd Release that hammers at £800 would cost the buyer approximately £1,008 all-in including buyer's premium.
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