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Bowmore 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release

£650
27.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

78

Houses

1

Last sold

235 days ago

Bowmore 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 29 years. Based on 78 recorded auction lots across 37 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £640, with the most recent sale at £650. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £350 (low) to £1,100 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release is £472–£828 27% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release is down 27.8%, with a 6-month trend of -31.6% (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 Bowmore

Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release is an age-stated bottling at 29 years old, distilled in 1982.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1982), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 29-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
29 years
Vintage
1982
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£650

24-month median

£640

24-month high

£1,100

24-month low

£350

Estimated value · likely range

£472–£828 ±27%

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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Trend

50% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

235 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

31.6%vs 6 months ago
27.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£340£736£1,133Jan 14Jan 15Feb 16Jun 17Dec 19Nov 21Jan 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
January 2026£6502
August 2025£7002
March 2025£7002
January 2024£8002
December 2023£8676
November 2023£9002
November 2021£9502
September 2021£9502
April 2021£1,0002
January 2021£1,1002
March 2020£7501
February 2020£7501

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release at auction?

Bowmore 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 50% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 39% 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 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release at auction is £650. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £640, with a high of £1,100 and a low of £350. 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 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release is down 27.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 31.6%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bowmore 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release?

Bowmore 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release 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 £640 (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 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release has moved down 27.8%, with a current median hammer price of £640. The bottle has been observed at auction across 78 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 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release?

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 £650, 24-month median £640 — 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 1982 29 Year Old Vintage Release that hammers at £650 would cost the buyer approximately £819 all-in including buyer's premium.

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