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Bowmore 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition

£320
38.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

85

Houses

1

Last sold

25 days ago

Bowmore 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore. Based on 85 recorded auction lots across 30 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £340, with the most recent sale at £320. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £244 (low) to £520 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition is £257–£383 20% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition is down 38.5%, with a 6-month trend of -27.3% (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 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2001.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2001), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Bowmore 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition, 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Bowmore
Expression
2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition
Vintage
2001
Edition
Bowmore 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£320

24-month median

£340

24-month high

£520

24-month low

£244

Estimated value · likely range

£257–£383 ±20%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

27.3%vs 6 months ago
38.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£236£386£536Jun 20Dec 21Sept 22Nov 23Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£3201
July 2026£3401
January 2024£4001
December 2023£4401
November 2023£4201
April 2023£4201
February 2023£4401
January 2023£4601
November 2022£4201
September 2022£5001
June 2022£5001
April 2022£5001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition at auction?

Bowmore 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition appeared in 2 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 39% 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 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition at auction is £320. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £340, with a high of £520 and a low of £244. 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 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition is down 38.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 27.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bowmore 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition?

Bowmore 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd 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 £340 (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 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition has moved down 38.5%, with a current median hammer price of £340. The bottle has been observed at auction across 85 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 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd 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 £340 — 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 2001 Hand Filled Cask #1520 33rd Edition that hammers at £320 would cost the buyer approximately £403 all-in including buyer's premium.

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