latest hammer price
Auction lots
26
Houses
1
Last sold
55 days ago
Bowmore 1997 21 Year Old XOP is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 21 years. Based on 26 recorded auction lots across 24 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £200, with the most recent sale at £230. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £140 (low) to £270 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 1997 21 Year Old XOP is £196–£265 (±15% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Bowmore 1997 21 Year Old XOP is up 27.8%, with a 6-month trend of +27.8% (up). 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.
Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore 1997 21 Year Old XOP is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old, distilled in 1997.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1997), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 21-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as Bowmore 1997 21 Year Old XOP, 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.
Latest sale
£230
24-month median
£200
24-month high
£270
24-month low
£140
Estimated value · likely range
£196–£265 ±15%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market
Seen at auction
1 lot
Houses
1
Activity rank
top 98% of tracked bottles
Last seen
55 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | £230 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £210 | 1 |
| July 2023 | £270 | 1 |
| April 2022 | £230 | 1 |
| November 2021 | £200 | 1 |
| August 2020 | £160 | 1 |
| July 2020 | £180 | 1 |
| March 2020 | £160 | 1 |
| February 2020 | £250 | 1 |
| January 2020 | £230 | 1 |
| December 2019 | £140 | 1 |
| October 2019 | £190 | 1 |
Bowmore 1997 21 Year Old XOP 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 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.
The latest hammer price for Bowmore 1997 21 Year Old XOP at auction is £230. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £200, with a high of £270 and a low of £140. 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.
Bowmore 1997 21 Year Old XOP is up 27.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 27.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Bowmore 1997 21 Year Old XOP 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 £200 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Bowmore 1997 21 Year Old XOP has moved up 27.8%, with a current median hammer price of £200. The bottle has been observed at auction across 26 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.
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 £230, 24-month median £200 — 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 1997 21 Year Old XOP that hammers at £230 would cost the buyer approximately £290 all-in including buyer's premium.
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