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Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign

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Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign is a collectable Scotch whisky from Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign aged 43 years. Based on 6 recorded auction lots across 4 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £164, with the most recent sale at £230. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £130 (low) to £230 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign is £195–£265 15% around the latest sale).

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About Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign

Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign is a whisky distillery. Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign is an age-stated bottling at 43 years old, distilled in 1973.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1973), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 43-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
Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign
Age
43 years
Vintage
1973
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£230

24-month median

£164

24-month high

£230

24-month low

£130

Estimated value · likely range

£195–£265 ±15%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

Price history (monthly median)

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
November 2025£2301
May 2018£1301
March 2018£1483
February 2018£1801

Frequently asked questions

What is the current auction price of Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign?

The latest hammer price for Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign at auction is £230. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £164, with a high of £230 and a low of £130. 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 Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £130 to £230 (median £164).

Where can I sell Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign?

Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign 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 £164 (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 Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign a good investment?

Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign has appeared in 6 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £164. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign?

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 £230, 24-month median £164 — 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 Carsebridge 1973 43 Year Old The Sovereign that hammers at £230 would cost the buyer approximately £290 all-in including buyer's premium.

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