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Bowmore 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th Edition

£420
8.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

197

Houses

1

Last sold

53 days ago

Bowmore 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore, bottled in 2000. Based on 197 recorded auction lots across 37 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £380, with the most recent sale at £420. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £293 (low) to £580 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th Edition is £359–£481 14% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th Edition is down 8.7%, with a 6-month trend of -8.7% (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 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 2000.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 2488) 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
2000
Cask number
2488
Edition
Hand Filled 26th
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£420

24-month median

£380

24-month high

£580

24-month low

£293

Estimated value · likely range

£359–£481 ±14%

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

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

53 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

8.7%vs 6 months ago
8.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£284£441£597Oct 18May 19Nov 19Sept 20Apr 21Dec 21Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£4201
April 2026£4202
November 2024£3602
November 2023£4002
October 2023£5402
April 2023£5402
December 2021£4604
October 2021£5704
September 2021£5802
August 2021£5801
July 2021£5801
June 2021£4802

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th Edition at auction?

Bowmore 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th Edition appeared in 3 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 28% 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 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th Edition?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th Edition at auction is £420. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £380, with a high of £580 and a low of £293. 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 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th Edition changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th Edition is down 8.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 8.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bowmore 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th Edition?

Bowmore 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th 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 £380 (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 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th Edition a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th Edition has moved down 8.7%, with a current median hammer price of £380. The bottle has been observed at auction across 197 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 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th 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 £420, 24-month median £380 — 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 2000 Hand Filled Cask #2488 26th Edition that hammers at £420 would cost the buyer approximately £529 all-in including buyer's premium.

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