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Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release

£2,400

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

20

Houses

1

Last sold

235 days ago

Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 40 years. Based on 20 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).

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About Bowmore

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.

What drives this bottle's value

  • 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Bowmore
Age
40 years
Vintage
2023
Edition
Four Guardians
Bottle size
700ml

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.

Market presence

last 12 months

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Trend

50% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

235 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

11.1%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£2,328£3,945£5,562Sept 23Nov 23May 24Dec 24Feb 25Apr 25Oct 25Jan 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
January 2026£2,4002
October 2025£2,4002
May 2025£2,6002
April 2025£2,8002
February 2025£3,4002
December 2024£3,4002
May 2024£2,7002
November 2023£5,4002
September 2023£4,1004

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release at auction?

Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release appeared in 4 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 50% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 22% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release?

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.

How much has Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release changed in value over the past year?

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).

Where can I sell Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release?

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%.

Is Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release a good investment?

Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release has appeared in 20 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Bowmore 40 Year Old Four Guardians 2023 Release?

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.

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 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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