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Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2

£270

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

15

Houses

2

Last sold

53 days ago

Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 29 years. Based on 15 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £370, with the most recent sale at £270. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £270 (low) to £520 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 is £239–£301 11% around the latest sale).

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About Bowmore

Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 is an age-stated bottling at 29 years old, distilled in 1988.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1988), 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.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as seq2, 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
29 years
Vintage
1988
Edition
Seq2
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£270

24-month median

£370

24-month high

£520

24-month low

£270

Estimated value · likely range

£239–£301 ±11%

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

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Trend

100% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

53 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£370

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 Auctions8£270£350
Whisky Hammer7£370£370
15.6%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£262£399£536Mar 22Dec 23Dec 24Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2701
May 2026£3201
April 2026£3802
March 2026£3702
February 2025£5201
December 2024£4202
June 2024£3202
February 2024£3901
January 2024£3201
December 2023£2701
March 2022£4351

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 at auction?

Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 appeared in 6 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 up 100% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 14% 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 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 at auction is £270. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £370, with a high of £520 and a low of £270. 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 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £270 to £520 (median £370).

Where can I sell Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2?

Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 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 £370 (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 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 a good investment?

Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 has appeared in 15 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £370. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2?

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 £270, 24-month median £370 — 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 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 that hammers at £270 would cost the buyer approximately £340 all-in including buyer's premium.

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