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Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old

£300
16.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 9 lots a year

Auction lots

217

Houses

1

Last sold

14 days ago

Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Octomore aged 5 years. Based on 217 recorded auction lots across 65 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £300, with the most recent sale at £300. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £175 (low) to £440 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old is £250–£350 17% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old is down 16.7%, with a 6-month trend of -6.2% (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 Octomore

Octomore is a whisky distillery. Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 5 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as 04comus, 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
Octomore
Age
5 years
Edition
04 Comus
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£300

24-month median

£300

24-month high

£440

24-month low

£175

Estimated value · likely range

£250–£350 ±17%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

9 lots

Cadence

≈ every 41 days

Trend

36% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 9% of tracked bottles

Last seen

14 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

6.2%vs 6 months ago
16.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£170£311£453Mar 17Apr 18May 19Jul 20Sept 22Mar 24Feb 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£3001
March 2026£3002
November 2025£2904
September 2025£3002
February 2025£3002
January 2025£3002
December 2024£3202
November 2024£3002
October 2024£3136
August 2024£2902
July 2024£3002
June 2024£3402

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old at auction?

Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old appeared in 9 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 36% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 9% 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 Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old at auction is £300. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £300, with a high of £440 and a low of £175. 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 Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old is down 16.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 6.2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old?

Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old 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 £300 (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 Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old has moved down 16.7%, with a current median hammer price of £300. The bottle has been observed at auction across 217 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 Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old?

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 £300, 24-month median £300 — 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 Octomore 04.2 Comus 5 Year Old that hammers at £300 would cost the buyer approximately £378 all-in including buyer's premium.

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