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Yamazaki Smoky Batch The Second

£130

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

83

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

Yamazaki Smoky Batch The Second is a collectable Scotch whisky from Yamazaki. Based on 83 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £130, with the most recent sale at £130. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £100 (low) to £187 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Yamazaki Smoky Batch The Second is £116–£144 11% around the latest sale).

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About Yamazaki

Yamazaki is a whisky distillery. Yamazaki Smoky Batch The Second is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as batchsecondsmoky, 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
Smoky Batch Second
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£130

24-month median

£130

24-month high

£187

24-month low

£100

Estimated value · likely range

£116–£144 ±11%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Trend

86% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

26.2%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£97£145£192Jun 24Mar 25Apr 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1301
April 2026£1304
May 2025£1102
April 2025£1006
March 2025£1304
October 2024£1204
September 2024£10320
August 2024£14414
July 2024£16422
June 2024£1876

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Yamazaki Smoky Batch The Second at auction?

Yamazaki Smoky Batch The Second appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 86% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 17% 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 Smoky Batch The Second?

The latest hammer price for Yamazaki Smoky Batch The Second at auction is £130. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £130, with a high of £187 and a low of £100. 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 Smoky Batch The Second changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Yamazaki Smoky Batch The Second, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £100 to £187 (median £130).

Where can I sell Yamazaki Smoky Batch The Second?

Yamazaki Smoky Batch The Second 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 £130 (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 Smoky Batch The Second a good investment?

Yamazaki Smoky Batch The Second has appeared in 83 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £130. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Yamazaki Smoky Batch The Second?

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 £130 — 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 Smoky Batch The Second that hammers at £130 would cost the buyer approximately £164 all-in including buyer's premium.

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