Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 40 years. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £2,800, with the most recent sale at £2,400. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £2,400 (low) to £5,400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release is £2,057–£2,743 (±14% around the latest sale).
Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release is an age-stated bottling at 40 years old, distilled in 2023.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (2023), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 40-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as fourguardians, 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
£2,400
24-month median
£2,800
24-month high
£5,400
24-month low
£2,400
Estimated value · likely range
£2,057–£2,743 ±14%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | £2,400 | 1 |
| October 2025 | £2,400 | 1 |
| May 2025 | £2,600 | 1 |
| April 2025 | £2,800 | 1 |
| February 2025 | £3,400 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £3,400 | 1 |
| May 2024 | £2,700 | 1 |
| November 2023 | £5,400 | 1 |
| September 2023 | £4,100 | 2 |
The latest hammer price for Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release at auction is £2,400. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £2,800, with a high of £5,400 and a low of £2,400. 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 Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £2,400 to £5,400 (median £2,800).
Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release 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 £2,800 (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%.
Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £2,800. 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 £2,400, 24-month median £2,800 — 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 Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release that hammers at £2,400 would cost the buyer approximately £3,024 all-in including buyer's premium.
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