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Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985

£850

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

4

Houses

1

Last sold

10 days ago

Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Suntory Yamazaki Pure. Based on 4 recorded auction lots across 4 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £850, with the most recent sale at £850. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £700 (low) to £1,000 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985 is £782–£918 8% around the latest sale).

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About Suntory Yamazaki Pure

Suntory Yamazaki Pure is a whisky distillery. Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1985.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1985), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985, 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
Suntory Yamazaki Pure
Expression
Malt 1985
Vintage
1985
Edition
Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£850

24-month median

£850

24-month high

£1,000

24-month low

£700

Estimated value · likely range

£782–£918 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

10 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£679£855£1,030Feb 24Aug 25Jun 26Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£8501
June 2026£7001
August 2025£8501
February 2024£1,0001

Frequently asked questions

How rare is Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985 at auction?

Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985 appeared in 2 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 39% by auction activity among the 30,866 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985?

The latest hammer price for Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985 at auction is £850. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £850, with a high of £1,000 and a low of £700. 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 Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £700 to £1,000 (median £850).

Where can I sell Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985?

Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985 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 £850 (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 Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985 a good investment?

Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985 has appeared in 4 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £850. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985?

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 £850, 24-month median £850 — 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 Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt 1985 that hammers at £850 would cost the buyer approximately £1,071 all-in including buyer's premium.

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