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Yamazaki Puncheon

£340
74.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

38

Houses

1

Last sold

145 days ago

Yamazaki Puncheon is a collectable Scotch whisky from Yamazaki. Based on 38 recorded auction lots across 18 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £360, with the most recent sale at £340. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £65 (low) to £560 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Yamazaki Puncheon is £240–£440 29% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Yamazaki Puncheon is up 74.4%, with a 6-month trend of -34.6% (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 Puncheon is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as puncheon, 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
Edition
Puncheon
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£340

24-month median

£360

24-month high

£560

24-month low

£65

Estimated value · likely range

£240–£440 ±29%

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

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

145 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

34.6%vs 6 months ago
74.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£63£320£577Jan 14Jan 16Apr 19Jun 20Jan 24Dec 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£3402
February 2026£3202
December 2025£3602
June 2024£3802
February 2024£4202
January 2024£5602
December 2022£5202
August 2022£4802
June 2020£5002
October 2019£4202
June 2019£4002
April 2019£3602

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Yamazaki Puncheon at auction?

Yamazaki Puncheon appeared in 6 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 14% 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 Puncheon?

The latest hammer price for Yamazaki Puncheon at auction is £340. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £360, with a high of £560 and a low of £65. 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 Puncheon changed in value over the past year?

Yamazaki Puncheon is up 74.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 34.6%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Yamazaki Puncheon?

Yamazaki Puncheon 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 £360 (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 Puncheon a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Yamazaki Puncheon has moved up 74.4%, with a current median hammer price of £360. The bottle has been observed at auction across 38 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 Puncheon?

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 £340, 24-month median £360 — 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 Puncheon that hammers at £340 would cost the buyer approximately £428 all-in including buyer's premium.

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