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Yamazaki2016 release70cl

Yamazaki 2016 Limited Edition

£240
42.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 26 lots a year

Auction lots

650

Houses

2

Last sold

33 days ago

Yamazaki 2016 Limited Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Yamazaki, bottled in 2016. Based on 650 recorded auction lots across 73 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £290, with the most recent sale at £240. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £124 (low) to £600 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Yamazaki 2016 Limited Edition is £220–£260 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Yamazaki 2016 Limited Edition is down 42.9%, with a 6-month trend of -2% (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 Yamazaki

Yamazaki is a whisky distillery. Yamazaki 2016 Limited Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 2016.

What drives this bottle's value

Yamazaki 2016 Limited Edition is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Yamazaki rather than by built-in rarity.

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
Bottled
2016
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£240

24-month median

£290

24-month high

£600

24-month low

£124

Estimated value · likely range

£220–£260 ±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

26 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

225% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 2% of tracked bottles

Last seen

33 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£290

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 Auctions144£240£290
Whisky Hammer12£275£315
2%vs 6 months ago
42.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£121£369£618Aug 16Aug 17Sept 18Oct 19Apr 21Apr 24Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2401
July 2026£2252
June 2026£2001
January 2026£2102
December 2025£2002
November 2025£2554
October 2025£2458
July 2025£3202
May 2025£3602
April 2025£3002
November 2024£4402
June 2024£4402

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Yamazaki 2016 Limited Edition at auction?

Yamazaki 2016 Limited Edition appeared in 26 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 225% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 2% 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 2016 Limited Edition?

The latest hammer price for Yamazaki 2016 Limited Edition at auction is £240. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £290, with a high of £600 and a low of £124. 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 2016 Limited Edition changed in value over the past year?

Yamazaki 2016 Limited Edition is down 42.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Yamazaki 2016 Limited Edition?

Yamazaki 2016 Limited 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 £290 (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 2016 Limited Edition a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Yamazaki 2016 Limited Edition has moved down 42.9%, with a current median hammer price of £290. The bottle has been observed at auction across 650 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 2016 Limited 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 £240, 24-month median £290 — 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 2016 Limited Edition that hammers at £240 would cost the buyer approximately £302 all-in including buyer's premium.

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