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Bowmore 17 Year Old

£85
6.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 13 lots a year

Auction lots

215

Houses

2

Last sold

30 days ago

Bowmore 17 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 17 years. Based on 215 recorded auction lots across 85 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £113, with the most recent sale at £85. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £55 (low) to £240 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 17 Year Old is £61–£109 28% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore 17 Year Old is up 6.3%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (up). 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 Bowmore

Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore 17 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Bowmore 17 Year Old 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 Bowmore 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
Bowmore
Expression
17 Year Old
Age
17 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£85

24-month median

£113

24-month high

£240

24-month low

£55

Estimated value · likely range

£61–£109 ±28%

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

13 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

117% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 6% of tracked bottles

Last seen

30 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£105

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 Auctions140£85£100
Whisky Hammer15£200£170
0%vs 6 months ago
6.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£53£150£247Feb 13Mar 16Nov 17Mar 19Mar 21Apr 24Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£851
May 2026£2004
April 2026£1702
March 2026£1281
December 2025£1701
October 2025£902
September 2025£852
August 2025£1601
July 2025£1701
June 2025£2001
May 2025£802
November 2024£2001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 17 Year Old at auction?

Bowmore 17 Year Old appeared in 13 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 117% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 6% 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 17 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore 17 Year Old at auction is £85. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £113, with a high of £240 and a low of £55. 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 17 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore 17 Year Old is up 6.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bowmore 17 Year Old?

Bowmore 17 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 £113 (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 17 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore 17 Year Old has moved up 6.3%, with a current median hammer price of £113. The bottle has been observed at auction across 215 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 Bowmore 17 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 £85, 24-month median £113 — 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 17 Year Old that hammers at £85 would cost the buyer approximately £107 all-in including buyer's premium.

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