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SMWS 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 Year Old

£700
351.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

21

Houses

1

Last sold

236 days ago

SMWS 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Chichibu aged 4 years. Based on 21 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £625, with the most recent sale at £700. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £120 (low) to £1,400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 Year Old is £420–£980 40% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, SMWS 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 Year Old is up 351.6%, with a 6-month trend of +16.7% (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 Chichibu

Chichibu is a whisky distillery. SMWS 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 4 years old, distilled in 2009.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2009), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 130x1) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

  • Independent bottling

    An independent bottling by smws, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.

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
Chichibu
Age
4 years
Vintage
2009
Cask number
130x1
Bottler
SMWS
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£700

24-month median

£625

24-month high

£1,400

24-month low

£120

Estimated value · likely range

£420–£980 ±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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

236 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

16.7%vs 6 months ago
351.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£116£779£1,442Mar 14Aug 16Oct 18May 24Jan 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
January 2026£7001
May 2024£1,0501
December 2023£1,0501
November 2019£1,0002
August 2019£1,4001
March 2019£8001
January 2019£6001
October 2018£6833
August 2018£6501
August 2016£2201
July 2016£2501
December 2014£1201

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 Year Old 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 puts it in the top 98% 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 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 Year Old at auction is £700. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £625, with a high of £1,400 and a low of £120. 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 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

SMWS 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 Year Old is up 351.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 16.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell SMWS 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 Year Old?

SMWS 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 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 £625 (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 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months SMWS 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 Year Old has moved up 351.6%, with a current median hammer price of £625. 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 SMWS 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 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 £700, 24-month median £625 — 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 130.1 Chichibu 2009 4 Year Old that hammers at £700 would cost the buyer approximately £882 all-in including buyer's premium.

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