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Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi)

£50
31%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 24 lots a year

Auction lots

377

Houses

3

Last sold

3 days ago

Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Nikka aged 12 years. Based on 377 recorded auction lots across 101 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £75, with the most recent sale at £50. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £50 (low) to £440 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) is £38–£62 23% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) is down 31%, with a 6-month trend of -16.7% (down). 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.

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About Nikka

Nikka is a whisky distillery. Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Nikka rather than by built-in rarity.

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
Nikka
Expression
12 Year Old (Yoichi)
Age
12 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£50

24-month median

£75

24-month high

£440

24-month low

£50

Estimated value · likely range

£38–£62 ±23%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

24 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

4% vs prior year

Houses

3

Activity rank

top 3% of tracked bottles

Last seen

3 days ago

Rarity signal: few lots but spread across 3 houses — sellers seek this bottle out.

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer · whisky.auction

Cross-house median

£77

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 3 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions195£50£75
Whisky Hammer24£90£95
whisky.auction1£130£130
16.7%vs 6 months ago
31%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£49£251£453Aug 14May 17Dec 18Jul 20Dec 21Sept 23Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£501
August 2026£601
July 2026£702
June 2026£901
March 2026£902
January 2026£2102
December 2025£602
September 2025£602
August 2025£536
July 2025£702
June 2025£652
November 2024£656

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) at auction?

Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) appeared in 24 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 4% on the previous year. It has traded at 3 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 3% 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 Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi)?

The latest hammer price for Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) at auction is £50. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £75, with a high of £440 and a low of £50. 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 Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) changed in value over the past year?

Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) is down 31% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 16.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi)?

Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) 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 £75 (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 Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) has moved down 31%, with a current median hammer price of £75. The bottle has been observed at auction across 377 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi)?

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 £50, 24-month median £75 — 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 Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) that hammers at £50 would cost the buyer approximately £63 all-in including buyer's premium.

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