Bowmore 1996 22 Year Old Single Malts Of Scotland is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 22 years. Based on 12 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £175, with the most recent sale at £210. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £130 (low) to £210 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 1996 22 Year Old Single Malts Of Scotland is £191–£230 (±9% around the latest sale).
Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore 1996 22 Year Old Single Malts Of Scotland is an age-stated bottling at 22 years old, distilled in 1996.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1996), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 22-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Independent bottling
An independent bottling by elixir, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.
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.
Latest sale
£210
24-month median
£175
24-month high
£210
24-month low
£130
Estimated value · likely range
£191–£230 ±9%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | £210 | 1 |
| January 2024 | £205 | 2 |
| January 2020 | £155 | 2 |
| November 2019 | £175 | 2 |
| April 2019 | £130 | 1 |
| March 2019 | £165 | 2 |
| January 2019 | £180 | 2 |
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The latest hammer price for Bowmore 1996 22 Year Old Single Malts Of Scotland at auction is £210. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £175, with a high of £210 and a low of £130. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Bowmore 1996 22 Year Old Single Malts Of Scotland, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £130 to £210 (median £175).
Bowmore 1996 22 Year Old Single Malts Of Scotland 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 £175 (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%.
Bowmore 1996 22 Year Old Single Malts Of Scotland has appeared in 12 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £175. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £210, 24-month median £175 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 1996 22 Year Old Single Malts Of Scotland that hammers at £210 would cost the buyer approximately £265 all-in including buyer's premium.
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