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Bowmore1998 release70cl

Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #58 28th Edition

£320
23.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

284

Houses

1

Last sold

53 days ago

Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #58 28th Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore, bottled in 1998. Based on 284 recorded auction lots across 39 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £360, with the most recent sale at £320. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £270 (low) to £625 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #58 28th Edition is £273–£367 15% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #58 28th Edition is down 23.8%, with a 6-month trend of -30.4% (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 #58 28th Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 1998.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 58) 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
58
Edition
Hand Filled 28th
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£320

24-month median

£360

24-month high

£625

24-month low

£270

Estimated value · likely range

£273–£367 ±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.

Market presence

last 12 months

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

53 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

30.4%vs 6 months ago
23.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£262£453£644Mar 19Nov 20Feb 23Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£3201
April 2026£3401
March 2026£3202
December 2024£3604
May 2024£3802
November 2023£4406
October 2023£4602
April 2023£5602
February 2023£5004
December 2022£6254
May 2022£5404
April 2022£5202

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #58 28th Edition at auction?

Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #58 28th Edition 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). That is up 0% on the previous year. 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 1998 Hand Filled Cask #58 28th Edition?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #58 28th Edition at auction is £320. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £360, with a high of £625 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 1998 Hand Filled Cask #58 28th Edition changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #58 28th Edition is down 23.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 30.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #58 28th Edition?

Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #58 28th 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 £360 (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 #58 28th Edition a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore 1998 Hand Filled Cask #58 28th Edition has moved down 23.8%, with a current median hammer price of £360. The bottle has been observed at auction across 284 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 #58 28th 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 £320, 24-month median £360 — 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 #58 28th Edition that hammers at £320 would cost the buyer approximately £403 all-in including buyer's premium.

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