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Compass Box Oak Cross

£25
37.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

49

Houses

2

Last sold

81 days ago

Compass Box Oak Cross is a collectable Scotch whisky from Compass Box Oak Cross. Based on 49 recorded auction lots across 43 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £35, with the most recent sale at £25. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £22 (low) to £130 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Compass Box Oak Cross is £21–£29 14% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Compass Box Oak Cross is down 37.5%, with a 6-month trend of -16.7% (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 Compass Box Oak Cross

Compass Box Oak Cross is a whisky distillery. Compass Box Oak Cross is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

Compass Box Oak Cross is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Compass Box Oak Cross rather than by built-in rarity.

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
Compass Box Oak Cross
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£25

24-month median

£35

24-month high

£130

24-month low

£22

Estimated value · likely range

£21–£29 ±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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

81 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£35

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions39£40£35
Whisky Hammer5£25£30
16.7%vs 6 months ago
37.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£21£78£134Jul 13Sept 17Jun 19Mar 21Dec 22Jan 24Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£251
March 2026£401
July 2025£1301
April 2025£451
April 2024£321
March 2024£451
February 2024£301
January 2024£251
December 2023£382
November 2023£301
October 2023£301
March 2023£301

Frequently asked questions

How rare is Compass Box Oak Cross at auction?

Compass Box Oak Cross appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 39% 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 Compass Box Oak Cross?

The latest hammer price for Compass Box Oak Cross at auction is £25. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £35, with a high of £130 and a low of £22. 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 Compass Box Oak Cross changed in value over the past year?

Compass Box Oak Cross is down 37.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 16.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Compass Box Oak Cross?

Compass Box Oak Cross 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 £35 (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 Compass Box Oak Cross a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Compass Box Oak Cross has moved down 37.5%, with a current median hammer price of £35. The bottle has been observed at auction across 49 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 Compass Box Oak Cross?

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 £25, 24-month median £35 — 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 Compass Box Oak Cross that hammers at £25 would cost the buyer approximately £32 all-in including buyer's premium.

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