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Nikka - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru

£160
8.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 42 lots a year

Auction lots

27

Houses

2

Last sold

3 days ago

Nikka - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru is a collectable Scotch whisky from Nikka aged 17 years. Based on 27 recorded auction lots across 23 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £190, with the most recent sale at £160. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £150 (low) to £350 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Nikka - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru is £147–£173 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Nikka - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru is down 8.6%, with a 6-month trend of -11.1% (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 - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as puretaketsuru, 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Nikka
Age
17 years
Edition
Pure Taketsuru
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£160

24-month median

£190

24-month high

£350

24-month low

£150

Estimated value · likely range

£147–£173 ±8%

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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

42 lots

Cadence

≈ 4 per month

Trend

110% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

3 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£187

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions198£190£187
Whisky Hammer27£160£190
11.1%vs 6 months ago
8.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£146£253£361Jul 21Feb 22Oct 22Sept 23Sept 25Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£1601
May 2026£1503
April 2026£1652
March 2026£1601
February 2026£2102
November 2025£1601
October 2025£1801
September 2025£1701
April 2025£1801
September 2024£2001
September 2023£1701
August 2023£1901

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Nikka - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru at auction?

Nikka - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru appeared in 42 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 110% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 1% 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 - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru?

The latest hammer price for Nikka - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru at auction is £160. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £190, with a high of £350 and a low of £150. 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 - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru changed in value over the past year?

Nikka - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru is down 8.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 11.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Nikka - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru?

Nikka - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru 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 £190 (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 - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Nikka - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru has moved down 8.6%, with a current median hammer price of £190. The bottle has been observed at auction across 27 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 - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru?

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 £160, 24-month median £190 — 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 - 17 Year Old (Pure Malt) Taketsuru that hammers at £160 would cost the buyer approximately £202 all-in including buyer's premium.

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