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Carsebridge 1973 46 Year Old Thompson Bros

£260
31.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

42

Houses

1

Last sold

54 days ago

Carsebridge 1973 46 Year Old Thompson Bros is a collectable Scotch whisky from Carsebridge aged 46 years. Based on 42 recorded auction lots across 18 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £340, with the most recent sale at £260. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £255 (low) to £440 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Carsebridge 1973 46 Year Old Thompson Bros is £229–£291 12% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Carsebridge 1973 46 Year Old Thompson Bros is down 31.6%, with a 6-month trend of -31.6% (down). 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 Carsebridge

Carsebridge is a whisky distillery. Carsebridge 1973 46 Year Old Thompson Bros is an age-stated bottling at 46 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 46-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
Age
46 years
Vintage
1973
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£260

24-month median

£340

24-month high

£440

24-month low

£255

Estimated value · likely range

£229–£291 ±12%

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

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

54 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

31.6%vs 6 months ago
31.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£247£350£453Jan 20Oct 20Nov 22Nov 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2601
June 2026£3601
November 2025£3402
October 2024£3602
December 2023£4202
November 2022£4202
April 2022£3802
January 2022£4002
May 2021£2602
April 2021£2654
March 2021£3004
February 2021£4406

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Carsebridge 1973 46 Year Old Thompson Bros at auction?

Carsebridge 1973 46 Year Old Thompson Bros 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 puts it in the top 22% 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 Carsebridge 1973 46 Year Old Thompson Bros?

The latest hammer price for Carsebridge 1973 46 Year Old Thompson Bros at auction is £260. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £340, with a high of £440 and a low of £255. 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 46 Year Old Thompson Bros changed in value over the past year?

Carsebridge 1973 46 Year Old Thompson Bros is down 31.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 31.6%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Carsebridge 1973 46 Year Old Thompson Bros?

Carsebridge 1973 46 Year Old Thompson Bros 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 £340 (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 46 Year Old Thompson Bros a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Carsebridge 1973 46 Year Old Thompson Bros has moved down 31.6%, with a current median hammer price of £340. The bottle has been observed at auction across 42 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 Carsebridge 1973 46 Year Old Thompson Bros?

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 £260, 24-month median £340 — 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 46 Year Old Thompson Bros that hammers at £260 would cost the buyer approximately £328 all-in including buyer's premium.

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