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Bowmore1998 release70cl

Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition

£180
71.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

53

Houses

1

Last sold

25 days ago

Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore, bottled in 1998. Based on 53 recorded auction lots across 24 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £173, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £85 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition is £132–£228 27% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition is up 71.4%, with a 6-month trend of -18.2% (down). 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.

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About Bowmore

Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 1998.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 32152) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

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
Bottled
1998
Cask number
32152
Edition
Hand Filled 7th
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£180

24-month median

£173

24-month high

£400

24-month low

£85

Estimated value · likely range

£132–£228 ±27%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

18.2%vs 6 months ago
71.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£82£247£412Sept 14Aug 16Sept 21May 23Nov 24Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1801
March 2026£2002
November 2025£1702
November 2024£2002
April 2024£2202
March 2024£2302
August 2023£2202
May 2023£2602
February 2023£3002
June 2022£3602
January 2022£3002
September 2021£4002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition at auction?

Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 17% 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 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £173, with a high of £400 and a low of £85. 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 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition is up 71.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 18.2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition?

Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition 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 £173 (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 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition has moved up 71.4%, with a current median hammer price of £173. The bottle has been observed at auction across 53 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition?

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 £180, 24-month median £173 — 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 1998 Hand Filled Cask #32152 7th Edition that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.

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