Yamazaki Smoky Batch The First & Hakushu Japanese Forest Bittersweet Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Yamazaki. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £320, with the most recent sale at £280. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £270 (low) to £500 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Yamazaki Smoky Batch The First & Hakushu Japanese Forest Bittersweet Edition is £227–£333 (±19% around the latest sale).
Yamazaki is a whisky distillery. Yamazaki Smoky Batch The First & Hakushu Japanese Forest Bittersweet Edition is a no-age-statement bottling.
Named / limited release
Released as batchbittersweetfirstforesthakushujapanesesmoky, 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.
Latest sale
£280
24-month median
£320
24-month high
£500
24-month low
£270
Estimated value · likely range
£227–£333 ±19%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | £280 | 1 |
| February 2025 | £270 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £280 | 1 |
| August 2024 | £320 | 1 |
| July 2024 | £320 | 1 |
| March 2024 | £400 | 2 |
| February 2024 | £407 | 3 |
| December 2023 | £500 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Yamazaki Smoky Batch The First & Hakushu Japanese Forest Bittersweet Edition at auction is £280. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £320, with a high of £500 and a low of £270. 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 Smoky Batch The First & Hakushu Japanese Forest Bittersweet Edition, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £270 to £500 (median £320).
Yamazaki Smoky Batch The First & Hakushu Japanese Forest Bittersweet 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 £320 (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 Smoky Batch The First & Hakushu Japanese Forest Bittersweet Edition has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £320. 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 £280, 24-month median £320 — 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 Smoky Batch The First & Hakushu Japanese Forest Bittersweet Edition that hammers at £280 would cost the buyer approximately £353 all-in including buyer's premium.
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