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SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 Year Old

£1,700
25.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

85

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from SMWS aged 26 years. Based on 85 recorded auction lots across 32 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £650, with the most recent sale at £1,700. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £320 (low) to £3,100 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 Year Old is £1,020–£2,380 40% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 Year Old is up 25.9%, with a 6-month trend of -15% (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 SMWS

SMWS is a whisky distillery. SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 26 years old, distilled in 1987.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1987), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 26-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 116x20) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

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
SMWS
Age
26 years
Vintage
1987
Cask number
116x20
Bottler
SMWS
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,700

24-month median

£650

24-month high

£3,100

24-month low

£320

Estimated value · likely range

£1,020–£2,380 ±40%

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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

15%vs 6 months ago
25.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£310£1,752£3,193Jan 15Oct 20Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1,7001
April 2026£1,4002
December 2023£1,8002
January 2023£2,1002
April 2021£1,9002
November 2020£2,0001
October 2020£2,0001
August 2018£1,3004
January 2018£1,5502
August 2017£9002
June 2017£9802
March 2017£1,0502

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 Year Old appeared in 3 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 28% 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 SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 Year Old at auction is £1,700. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £650, with a high of £3,100 and a low of £320. 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 SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 Year Old is up 25.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 15%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 Year Old?

SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 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 £650 (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 SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 Year Old has moved up 25.9%, with a current median hammer price of £650. The bottle has been observed at auction across 85 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 SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 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 £1,700, 24-month median £650 — 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 SMWS 116.20 Yoichi 1987 26 Year Old that hammers at £1,700 would cost the buyer approximately £2,142 all-in including buyer's premium.

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