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Bowmore 18 Year Old Feis Ile 2020

£160
23.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 40 lots a year

Auction lots

521

Houses

2

Last sold

8 days ago

Bowmore 18 Year Old Feis Ile 2020 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 18 years. Based on 521 recorded auction lots across 55 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £203, with the most recent sale at £160. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £160 (low) to £253 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 18 Year Old Feis Ile 2020 is £147–£173 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore 18 Year Old Feis Ile 2020 is down 23.8%, 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 18 Year Old Feis Ile 2020 is an age-stated bottling at 18 years old, distilled in 2020.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2020), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

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

  • Named / limited release

    Released as feisile, 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
18 years
Vintage
2020
Edition
Feis Ile
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£160

24-month median

£203

24-month high

£253

24-month low

£160

Estimated value · likely range

£147–£173 ±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

40 lots

Cadence

≈ 3 per month

Trend

29% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 1% 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

£202

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 Auctions104£190£206
Whisky Hammer26£140£193
0%vs 6 months ago
23.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£155£208£261Jul 21Apr 22Jan 23Dec 23Sept 24Sept 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1603
July 2026£1704
June 2026£1602
April 2026£1802
March 2026£1605
January 2026£1802
December 2025£1605
November 2025£1706
October 2025£1902
September 2025£1639
August 2025£1954
July 2025£1902

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 18 Year Old Feis Ile 2020 at auction?

Bowmore 18 Year Old Feis Ile 2020 appeared in 40 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 29% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 1% 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 Feis Ile 2020?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore 18 Year Old Feis Ile 2020 at auction is £160. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £203, with a high of £253 and a low of £160. 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 Feis Ile 2020 changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore 18 Year Old Feis Ile 2020 is down 23.8% 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 18 Year Old Feis Ile 2020?

Bowmore 18 Year Old Feis Ile 2020 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 £203 (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 Feis Ile 2020 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore 18 Year Old Feis Ile 2020 has moved down 23.8%, with a current median hammer price of £203. The bottle has been observed at auction across 521 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 Feis Ile 2020?

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 £160, 24-month median £203 — 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 Feis Ile 2020 that hammers at £160 would cost the buyer approximately £202 all-in including buyer's premium.

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