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Bowmore - 1991 (Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask)

£443

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

16

Houses

2

Last sold

25 days ago

Bowmore - 1991 (Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore. Based on 16 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £282, with the most recent sale at £443. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £160 (low) to £560 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore - 1991 (Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask) is £312–£575 30% around the latest sale).

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About Bowmore

Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore - 1991 (Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask) is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1991.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1991), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as carncaskcelebrationmor, 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
1991
Edition
Carn Mor Celebration Cask
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£443

24-month median

£282

24-month high

£560

24-month low

£160

Estimated value · likely range

£312–£575 ±30%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£282

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 Auctions9£443£320
Whisky Hammer3£160£180
19.8%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£155£366£577Oct 19Jul 21Oct 22May 23Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£4433
February 2026£1601
April 2025£5601
May 2023£1801
April 2023£2201
October 2022£2201
February 2022£3701
July 2021£1701
October 2020£2433
January 2020£4001
December 2019£3401
October 2019£3201

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore - 1991 (Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask) at auction?

Bowmore - 1991 (Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask) appeared in 4 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 22% 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 - 1991 (Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask)?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore - 1991 (Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask) at auction is £443. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £282, with a high of £560 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 - 1991 (Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Bowmore - 1991 (Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £160 to £560 (median £282).

Where can I sell Bowmore - 1991 (Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask)?

Bowmore - 1991 (Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask) 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 £282 (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 - 1991 (Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask) a good investment?

Bowmore - 1991 (Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask) has appeared in 16 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £282. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Bowmore - 1991 (Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask)?

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 £443, 24-month median £282 — 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 - 1991 (Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask) that hammers at £443 would cost the buyer approximately £559 all-in including buyer's premium.

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