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Nikka Yoichi 15 Year Old

£260
31.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 12 lots a year

Auction lots

309

Houses

3

Last sold

14 days ago

Nikka Yoichi 15 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Nikka aged 15 years. Based on 309 recorded auction lots across 71 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £340, with the most recent sale at £260. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £135 (low) to £540 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Nikka Yoichi 15 Year Old is £239–£281 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Nikka Yoichi 15 Year Old is down 31.6%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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.

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About Nikka

Nikka is a whisky distillery. Nikka Yoichi 15 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 15 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as yoichi, 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
15 years
Edition
Yoichi
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£260

24-month median

£340

24-month high

£540

24-month low

£135

Estimated value · likely range

£239–£281 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

12 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

3

Activity rank

top 7% of tracked bottles

Last seen

14 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

£340

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 Auctions126£260£340
Whisky Hammer4£230£445
whisky.auction1£210£210
0%vs 6 months ago
31.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£131£344£556Dec 15Sept 17Oct 18Nov 19Dec 20Feb 23Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2601
July 2026£2601
May 2026£2101
April 2026£2301
November 2025£2302
October 2025£2404
September 2025£2602
April 2025£2602
December 2024£3002
November 2024£3202
October 2024£3136
April 2024£3802

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Nikka Yoichi 15 Year Old at auction?

Nikka Yoichi 15 Year Old appeared in 12 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 0% on the previous year. It has traded at 3 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 7% 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 Yoichi 15 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Nikka Yoichi 15 Year Old at auction is £260. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £340, with a high of £540 and a low of £135. 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 Yoichi 15 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Nikka Yoichi 15 Year Old is down 31.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Nikka Yoichi 15 Year Old?

Nikka Yoichi 15 Year Old 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 £340 (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 Yoichi 15 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Nikka Yoichi 15 Year Old has moved down 31.6%, with a current median hammer price of £340. The bottle has been observed at auction across 309 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 Yoichi 15 Year Old?

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 £260, 24-month median £340 — 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 Yoichi 15 Year Old that hammers at £260 would cost the buyer approximately £328 all-in including buyer's premium.

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