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Bowmore 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th Edition

£140
3.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

37

Houses

1

Last sold

25 days ago

Bowmore 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore. Based on 37 recorded auction lots across 20 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £160, with the most recent sale at £140. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £128 (low) to £200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th Edition is £118–£162 16% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th Edition is up 3.7%, with a 6-month trend of -6.7% (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 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2004.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2004), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Bowmore 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th 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
2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th Edition
Vintage
2004
Edition
Bowmore 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th Edition
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£140

24-month median

£160

24-month high

£200

24-month low

£128

Estimated value · likely range

£118–£162 ±16%

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.

6.7%vs 6 months ago
3.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£124£165£206Jul 19Aug 20Dec 22Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1401
July 2026£1401
June 2024£2001
May 2024£1701
December 2022£2001
May 2022£1901
January 2022£1501
December 2020£1601
October 2020£1801
September 2020£1301
August 2020£1284
June 2020£1601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th Edition at auction?

Bowmore 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th 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 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th Edition?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th Edition at auction is £140. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £160, with a high of £200 and a low of £128. 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 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th Edition changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th Edition is up 3.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 6.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bowmore 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th Edition?

Bowmore 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th 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 £160 (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 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th Edition a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th Edition has moved up 3.7%, with a current median hammer price of £160. The bottle has been observed at auction across 37 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 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th 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 £140, 24-month median £160 — 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 2004 Hand Filled Cask #1873 29th Edition that hammers at £140 would cost the buyer approximately £176 all-in including buyer's premium.

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