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Bowmore 18 Year Old

£70
22.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 33 lots a year

Auction lots

279

Houses

2

Last sold

8 days ago

Bowmore 18 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 18 years. Based on 279 recorded auction lots across 110 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £65, with the most recent sale at £70. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £45 (low) to £103 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 18 Year Old is £64–£76 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore 18 Year Old is down 22.2%, with a 6-month trend of +2.4% (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 18 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 18 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Age statement

    A 18-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

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
18 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£70

24-month median

£65

24-month high

£103

24-month low

£45

Estimated value · likely range

£64–£76 ±8%

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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

33 lots

Cadence

≈ 3 per month

Trend

38% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 2% of tracked bottles

Last seen

8 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£65

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 Auctions113£70£65
Whisky Hammer2£65£60
2.4%vs 6 months ago
22.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£44£75£106Nov 12Dec 16Apr 19Jun 21Mar 23Oct 24Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£709
July 2026£657
May 2026£682
April 2026£652
February 2026£832
January 2026£751
December 2025£683
November 2025£733
October 2025£851
September 2025£803
August 2025£702
July 2025£751

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 18 Year Old at auction?

Bowmore 18 Year Old appeared in 33 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 38% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 2% 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 18 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore 18 Year Old at auction is £70. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £65, with a high of £103 and a low of £45. 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 18 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore 18 Year Old is down 22.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 2.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bowmore 18 Year Old?

Bowmore 18 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 £65 (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 18 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore 18 Year Old has moved down 22.2%, with a current median hammer price of £65. The bottle has been observed at auction across 279 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 18 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 £70, 24-month median £65 — 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 18 Year Old that hammers at £70 would cost the buyer approximately £88 all-in including buyer's premium.

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