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Kawasaki 1981 Ichiro's Choice

£2,200

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

1

Houses

1

Last sold

240 days ago

Kawasaki 1981 Ichiro's Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Kawasaki. Based on 1 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £2,200, with the most recent sale at £2,200. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £2,200 (low) to £2,200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Kawasaki 1981 Ichiro's Choice is £1,870–£2,530 15% around the latest sale).

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About Kawasaki

Kawasaki is a whisky distillery. Kawasaki 1981 Ichiro's Choice is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1981.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1981), so the available batch is inherently finite.

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
Kawasaki
Vintage
1981
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£2,200

24-month median

£2,200

24-month high

£2,200

24-month low

£2,200

Estimated value · likely range

£1,870–£2,530 ±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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 97% of tracked bottles

Last seen

240 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

Only one auction sale on record so far — £2,200 in January 2026. We need at least two monthly data points to chart a trend, so check back after more sales.

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
January 2026£2,2001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Kawasaki 1981 Ichiro's Choice at auction?

Kawasaki 1981 Ichiro's Choice 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 97% by auction activity among the 30,758 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Kawasaki 1981 Ichiro's Choice?

The latest hammer price for Kawasaki 1981 Ichiro's Choice at auction is £2,200. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £2,200, with a high of £2,200 and a low of £2,200. 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 Kawasaki 1981 Ichiro's Choice changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Kawasaki 1981 Ichiro's Choice, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £2,200 to £2,200 (median £2,200).

Where can I sell Kawasaki 1981 Ichiro's Choice?

Kawasaki 1981 Ichiro's Choice 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 £2,200 (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 Kawasaki 1981 Ichiro's Choice a good investment?

Kawasaki 1981 Ichiro's Choice has appeared in 1 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £2,200. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Kawasaki 1981 Ichiro's Choice?

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 £2,200, 24-month median £2,200 — 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 Kawasaki 1981 Ichiro's Choice that hammers at £2,200 would cost the buyer approximately £2,772 all-in including buyer's premium.

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