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Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP

£240
9.1%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

40

Houses

1

Last sold

327 days ago

Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP is a collectable Scotch whisky from Cameronbridge aged 40 years. Based on 40 recorded auction lots across 26 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £220, with the most recent sale at £240. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £160 (low) to £320 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP is £221–£259 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP is up 9.1%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (up). wsky1 aggregates hammer prices from major public Scotch whisky auctions including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium (typically 24–28% additional at major houses). Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

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About Cameronbridge

Cameronbridge is a whisky distillery. Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP is an age-stated bottling at 40 years old, distilled in 1978.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1978), 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.

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
Cameronbridge
Age
40 years
Vintage
1978
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£240

24-month median

£220

24-month high

£320

24-month low

£160

Estimated value · likely range

£221–£259 ±8%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

327 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago
9.1%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£155£242£330Jun 18Jan 21Oct 24Oct 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2025£2401
October 2024£2701
December 2023£2201
December 2021£2401
October 2021£2201
January 2021£2301
December 2020£2401
October 2020£2001
July 2020£3201
February 2020£2502
January 2020£1602
November 2019£1634

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP at auction?

Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 98% 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 Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP?

The latest hammer price for Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP at auction is £240. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £220, with a high of £320 and a low of £160. 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 Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP changed in value over the past year?

Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP is up 9.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP?

Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP 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 £220 (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 Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP has moved up 9.1%, with a current median hammer price of £220. The bottle has been observed at auction across 40 recorded lots in our database. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice. Whisky is an illiquid alternative asset; secondary-market value depends heavily on bottle condition, fill level, label integrity, and timing.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP?

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 £240, 24-month median £220 — 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 Cameronbridge 1978 40 Year Old XOP that hammers at £240 would cost the buyer approximately £302 all-in including buyer's premium.

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