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Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition

£95
5.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 36 lots a year

Auction lots

28

Houses

2

Last sold

today

Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Yamazaki aged 12 years. Based on 28 recorded auction lots across 27 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £110, with the most recent sale at £95. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £75 (low) to £160 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition is £87–£103 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition is up 5.6%, with a 6-month trend of +26.7% (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 Yamazaki

Yamazaki is a whisky distillery. Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as 100thanniversary, 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
Yamazaki
Age
12 years
Edition
100th Anniversary
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£95

24-month median

£110

24-month high

£160

24-month low

£75

Estimated value · likely range

£87–£103 ±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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

36 lots

Cadence

≈ 3 per month

Trend

25% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

today

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£110

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 Auctions66£90£114
Whisky Hammer28£95£110
26.7%vs 6 months ago
5.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£73£119£165Jul 23Dec 23May 24Sept 24Feb 25Sept 25Mar 26Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£951
April 2026£952
March 2026£1101
February 2026£801
November 2025£901
October 2025£851
September 2025£751
August 2025£951
June 2025£1001
May 2025£1301
February 2025£1101
January 2025£1101

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition at auction?

Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition appeared in 36 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is down 25% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 1% 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 Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition?

The latest hammer price for Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition at auction is £95. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £110, with a high of £160 and a low of £75. 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 Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition changed in value over the past year?

Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition is up 5.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 26.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition?

Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition 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 £110 (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 Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition has moved up 5.6%, with a current median hammer price of £110. The bottle has been observed at auction across 28 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 Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition?

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 £95, 24-month median £110 — 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 Yamazaki 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition that hammers at £95 would cost the buyer approximately £120 all-in including buyer's premium.

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