Auction Watch
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auctionAuction Watch: Japanese Whisky Q2 2026 — Chichibu Makes Its Secondary Debut
Q2 2026 Japanese whisky auction results: Chichibu The Peated debuts secondary at $820 average, Karuizawa 1980 holds at $58K, and the compliance premium stops widening.
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Karuizawa: The Whisky Distillery That Vanished and Took Its Prices to the Moon
Karuizawa closed in 2000, was demolished in 2016, and has become the most expensive Japanese whisky on the secondary market. Here is what actually happened and what the remaining stock looks like.