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Bowmore2012 release70cl

Bowmore - 1985 Vintage (Feis Ile 2012) Commemorative Bottling

£760

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

3

Houses

1

Last sold

200 days ago

Bowmore - 1985 Vintage (Feis Ile 2012) Commemorative Bottling is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore, bottled in 2012. Based on 3 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £840, with the most recent sale at £760. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £760 (low) to £1,200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore - 1985 Vintage (Feis Ile 2012) Commemorative Bottling is £561–£959 26% around the latest sale).

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About Bowmore

Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore - 1985 Vintage (Feis Ile 2012) Commemorative Bottling is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1985, released in 2012.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1985), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as commemorativefeisile, 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
Vintage
1985
Bottled
2012
Edition
Feis Ile Commemorative
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£760

24-month median

£840

24-month high

£1,200

24-month low

£760

Estimated value · likely range

£561–£959 ±26%

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

200 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£737£987£1,236Feb 22Oct 22Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
February 2026£7601
October 2022£1,2001
February 2022£8401

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore - 1985 Vintage (Feis Ile 2012) Commemorative Bottling at auction?

Bowmore - 1985 Vintage (Feis Ile 2012) Commemorative Bottling 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 - 1985 Vintage (Feis Ile 2012) Commemorative Bottling?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore - 1985 Vintage (Feis Ile 2012) Commemorative Bottling at auction is £760. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £840, with a high of £1,200 and a low of £760. 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 - 1985 Vintage (Feis Ile 2012) Commemorative Bottling changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Bowmore - 1985 Vintage (Feis Ile 2012) Commemorative Bottling, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £760 to £1,200 (median £840).

Where can I sell Bowmore - 1985 Vintage (Feis Ile 2012) Commemorative Bottling?

Bowmore - 1985 Vintage (Feis Ile 2012) Commemorative Bottling 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 £840 (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 - 1985 Vintage (Feis Ile 2012) Commemorative Bottling a good investment?

Bowmore - 1985 Vintage (Feis Ile 2012) Commemorative Bottling has appeared in 3 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £840. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Bowmore - 1985 Vintage (Feis Ile 2012) Commemorative Bottling?

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 £760, 24-month median £840 — 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 - 1985 Vintage (Feis Ile 2012) Commemorative Bottling that hammers at £760 would cost the buyer approximately £958 all-in including buyer's premium.

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