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Nikka70cl

Nikka Pure Malt (Red) 50cl

£25
▼ 16.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

21

Houses

2

Last sold

93 days ago

Nikka Pure Malt (Red) 50cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Nikka. Based on 21 recorded auction lots across 19 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £35, with the most recent sale at £25. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £25 (low) to £45 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Nikka Pure Malt (Red) 50cl is £23–£27 (±8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Nikka Pure Malt (Red) 50cl is down 16.7%, with a 6-month trend of -44.4% (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 Pure Malt (Red) 50cl is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

Nikka Pure Malt (Red) 50cl 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
Pure Malt (Red) 50cl
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£25

24-month median

£35

24-month high

£45

24-month low

£25

Estimated value · likely range

£23–£27 ±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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Trend

▼ 67% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 92% of tracked bottles

Last seen

93 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£34

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 Auctions19£25£35
Whisky Hammer1£20£20
▼ 44.4%vs 6 months ago
▼ 16.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£24£35£46Nov 17Mar 19Dec 20Aug 22Oct 24Jun 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2025£251
May 2025£351
January 2025£251
October 2024£251
May 2024£351
December 2023£332
August 2022£451
June 2022£351
June 2021£351
December 2020£401
February 2020£301
January 2020£401

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Nikka Pure Malt (Red) 50cl at auction?

Nikka Pure Malt (Red) 50cl appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That is down 67% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 92% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Nikka Pure Malt (Red) 50cl?

The latest hammer price for Nikka Pure Malt (Red) 50cl at auction is £25. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £35, with a high of £45 and a low of £25. 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 Pure Malt (Red) 50cl changed in value over the past year?

Nikka Pure Malt (Red) 50cl is down 16.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 44.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Nikka Pure Malt (Red) 50cl?

Nikka Pure Malt (Red) 50cl 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 £35 (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 Pure Malt (Red) 50cl a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Nikka Pure Malt (Red) 50cl has moved down 16.7%, with a current median hammer price of £35. The bottle has been observed at auction across 21 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 Pure Malt (Red) 50cl?

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 £25, 24-month median £35 — 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 Pure Malt (Red) 50cl that hammers at £25 would cost the buyer approximately £32 all-in including buyer's premium.

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