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Kurayoshi - 33 Year Old (Matsui)

£350

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

6

Houses

1

Last sold

102 days ago

Kurayoshi - 33 Year Old (Matsui) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Kurayoshi aged 33 years. Based on 6 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £390, with the most recent sale at £350. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £350 (low) to £470 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Kurayoshi - 33 Year Old (Matsui) is £296–£404 15% around the latest sale).

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About Kurayoshi

Kurayoshi is a whisky distillery. Kurayoshi - 33 Year Old (Matsui) is an age-stated bottling at 33 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 33-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
Kurayoshi
Age
33 years
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£350

24-month median

£390

24-month high

£470

24-month low

£350

Estimated value · likely range

£296–£404 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

102 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£340£412£484Mar 26Apr 26May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£3502
April 2026£4702
March 2026£3902

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Kurayoshi - 33 Year Old (Matsui) at auction?

Kurayoshi - 33 Year Old (Matsui) appeared in 6 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 14% 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 Kurayoshi - 33 Year Old (Matsui)?

The latest hammer price for Kurayoshi - 33 Year Old (Matsui) at auction is £350. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £390, with a high of £470 and a low of £350. 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 Kurayoshi - 33 Year Old (Matsui) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Kurayoshi - 33 Year Old (Matsui), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £350 to £470 (median £390).

Where can I sell Kurayoshi - 33 Year Old (Matsui)?

Kurayoshi - 33 Year Old (Matsui) 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 £390 (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 Kurayoshi - 33 Year Old (Matsui) a good investment?

Kurayoshi - 33 Year Old (Matsui) has appeared in 6 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £390. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Kurayoshi - 33 Year Old (Matsui)?

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 £350, 24-month median £390 — 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 Kurayoshi - 33 Year Old (Matsui) that hammers at £350 would cost the buyer approximately £441 all-in including buyer's premium.

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