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Yamazaki 2017 Limited Edition

£220
45%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 15 lots a year

Auction lots

461

Houses

2

Last sold

33 days ago

Yamazaki 2017 Limited Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Yamazaki, bottled in 2017. Based on 461 recorded auction lots across 67 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £280, with the most recent sale at £220. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £142 (low) to £560 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Yamazaki 2017 Limited Edition is £202–£238 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Yamazaki 2017 Limited Edition is down 45%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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 2017 Limited Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 2017.

What drives this bottle's value

Yamazaki 2017 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
2017
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£220

24-month median

£280

24-month high

£560

24-month low

£142

Estimated value · likely range

£202–£238 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

15 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

15% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 5% 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

£270

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 Auctions112£220£265
Whisky Hammer12£245£370
0%vs 6 months ago
45%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£138£357£577Jul 17Jun 18Jul 19Sept 20Feb 23Oct 24Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2201
July 2026£2052
June 2026£2451
February 2026£2402
January 2026£2202
November 2025£2404
October 2025£2203
July 2025£3004
May 2025£3602
April 2025£2802
February 2025£2501
October 2024£3404

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Yamazaki 2017 Limited Edition at auction?

Yamazaki 2017 Limited Edition appeared in 15 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 15% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 5% 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 2017 Limited Edition?

The latest hammer price for Yamazaki 2017 Limited Edition at auction is £220. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £280, with a high of £560 and a low of £142. 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 2017 Limited Edition changed in value over the past year?

Yamazaki 2017 Limited Edition is down 45% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Yamazaki 2017 Limited Edition?

Yamazaki 2017 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 £280 (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 2017 Limited Edition a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Yamazaki 2017 Limited Edition has moved down 45%, with a current median hammer price of £280. The bottle has been observed at auction across 461 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 2017 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 £220, 24-month median £280 — 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 2017 Limited Edition that hammers at £220 would cost the buyer approximately £277 all-in including buyer's premium.

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