Yamazaki - 12 Year Old (Watami Founder's Choice) 66cl Whisky Auction is a collectable Scotch whisky from Yamazaki aged 12 years. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £240, with the most recent sale at £130. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £130 (low) to £310 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Yamazaki - 12 Year Old (Watami Founder's Choice) 66cl Whisky Auction is £107–£153 (±18% around the latest sale).
Yamazaki is a whisky distillery. Yamazaki - 12 Year Old (Watami Founder's Choice) 66cl Whisky Auction is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.
Named / limited release
Released as choicefounderwatami, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.
Non-standard format
Bottled in a 660ml format rather than the standard 700ml, which sets it apart from the regular run.
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.
Latest sale
£130
24-month median
£240
24-month high
£310
24-month low
£130
Estimated value · likely range
£107–£153 ±18%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £130 | 1 |
| October 2025 | £140 | 1 |
| September 2025 | £240 | 1 |
| July 2025 | £210 | 1 |
| October 2023 | £180 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £260 | 1 |
| July 2023 | £260 | 1 |
| May 2023 | £280 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £190 | 1 |
| March 2023 | £280 | 1 |
| January 2023 | £310 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Yamazaki - 12 Year Old (Watami Founder's Choice) 66cl Whisky Auction at auction is £130. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £240, with a high of £310 and a low of £130. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Yamazaki - 12 Year Old (Watami Founder's Choice) 66cl Whisky Auction, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £130 to £310 (median £240).
Yamazaki - 12 Year Old (Watami Founder's Choice) 66cl Whisky Auction 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 £240 (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%.
Yamazaki - 12 Year Old (Watami Founder's Choice) 66cl Whisky Auction has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £240. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £130, 24-month median £240 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 (Watami Founder's Choice) 66cl Whisky Auction that hammers at £130 would cost the buyer approximately £164 all-in including buyer's premium.
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