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Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi)

£130

latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 24 lots a year

Auction lots

1

Houses

3

Last sold

3 days ago

Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Nikka aged 12 years. Based on 1 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £130, with the most recent sale at £130. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £130 (low) to £130 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) is £111–£150 15% around the latest sale).

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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

£130

24-month median

£130

24-month high

£130

24-month low

£130

Estimated value · likely range

£111–£150 ±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

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

Price history (monthly median)

Only one auction sale on record so far — £130 in May 2026. We need at least two monthly data points to chart a trend, so check back after more sales.

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£1301

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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 £130. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £130, with a high of £130 and a low of £130. 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?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £130 to £130 (median £130).

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 £130 (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?

Nikka 12 Year Old (Yoichi) has appeared in 1 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £130. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

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 £130, 24-month median £130 — 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 £130 would cost the buyer approximately £164 all-in including buyer's premium.

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