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Bowmore 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask

£35

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

2

Houses

1

Last sold

180 days ago

Bowmore 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 12 years. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 2 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £43, with the most recent sale at £35. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £35 (low) to £50 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask is £29–£41 18% around the latest sale).

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About Bowmore

Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskoaksherry, 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
Bowmore
Age
12 years
Edition
Sherry Oak Cask
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£35

24-month median

£43

24-month high

£50

24-month low

£35

Estimated value · likely range

£29–£41 ±18%

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

180 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£34£43£52May 25Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£351
May 2025£501

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask at auction?

Bowmore 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask 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 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Bowmore 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask at auction is £35. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £43, with a high of £50 and a low of £35. 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 Bowmore 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Bowmore 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £35 to £50 (median £43).

Where can I sell Bowmore 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask?

Bowmore 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask 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 £43 (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 Bowmore 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask a good investment?

Bowmore 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £43. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Bowmore 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask?

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 £35, 24-month median £43 — 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 Bowmore 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask that hammers at £35 would cost the buyer approximately £44 all-in including buyer's premium.

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