latest hammer price
Auction lots
17
Houses
1
Last sold
399 days ago
Kurayoshi Matsui Sakura Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Kurayoshi Matsui Sakura. Based on 17 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £65, with the most recent sale at £73. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £45 (low) to £90 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Kurayoshi Matsui Sakura Cask is £65–£82 (±12% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Kurayoshi Matsui Sakura Cask is down 8.3%, with a 6-month trend of +46.7% (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.
Kurayoshi Matsui Sakura is a whisky distillery. Kurayoshi Matsui Sakura Cask is a no-age-statement bottling.
Named / limited release
Released as Kurayoshi Matsui Sakura Cask, 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
£73
24-month median
£65
24-month high
£90
24-month low
£45
Estimated value · likely range
£65–£82 ±12%
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
Trend
▼ 100% vs prior year
Last seen
399 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | £73 | 3 |
| April 2025 | £70 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £45 | 1 |
| December 2023 | £55 | 2 |
| November 2023 | £50 | 1 |
| May 2023 | £65 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £50 | 1 |
| June 2022 | £60 | 1 |
| April 2021 | £65 | 2 |
| January 2021 | £65 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £90 | 1 |
| September 2020 | £70 | 1 |
Kurayoshi Matsui Sakura Cask appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That is down 100% on the previous year.
The latest hammer price for Kurayoshi Matsui Sakura Cask at auction is £73. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £65, with a high of £90 and a low of £45. 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.
Kurayoshi Matsui Sakura Cask is down 8.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 46.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Kurayoshi Matsui Sakura Cask 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 £65 (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 Kurayoshi Matsui Sakura Cask has moved down 8.3%, with a current median hammer price of £65. The bottle has been observed at auction across 17 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 £73, 24-month median £65 — 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 Kurayoshi Matsui Sakura Cask that hammers at £73 would cost the buyer approximately £92 all-in including buyer's premium.
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