Bowmore - 22 Year Old (The Changeling) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 22 years. Based on 94 recorded auction lots across 20 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £288, with the most recent sale at £230. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £230 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore - 22 Year Old (The Changeling) is £205–£256 (±11% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Bowmore - 22 Year Old (The Changeling) is down 23.3%, with a 6-month trend of -8% (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.
Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore - 22 Year Old (The Changeling) is an age-stated bottling at 22 years old.
Age statement
A 22-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as changeling, 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.
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Latest sale
£230
24-month median
£288
24-month high
£400
24-month low
£230
Estimated value · likely range
£205–£256 ±11%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer
Cross-house median
£280
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 40 | £230 | £288 |
| Whisky Hammer | 23 | £210 | £210 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | £230 | 4 |
| December 2025 | £245 | 4 |
| November 2025 | £340 | 2 |
| August 2025 | £320 | 2 |
| July 2025 | £290 | 2 |
| September 2024 | £290 | 2 |
| June 2024 | £250 | 4 |
| April 2024 | £240 | 6 |
| February 2024 | £240 | 2 |
| November 2023 | £233 | 6 |
| September 2023 | £280 | 4 |
| August 2023 | £275 | 4 |
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The latest hammer price for Bowmore - 22 Year Old (The Changeling) at auction is £230. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £288, with a high of £400 and a low of £230. 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.
Bowmore - 22 Year Old (The Changeling) is down 23.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Bowmore - 22 Year Old (The Changeling) 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 £288 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Bowmore - 22 Year Old (The Changeling) has moved down 23.3%, with a current median hammer price of £288. The bottle has been observed at auction across 94 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.
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 £230, 24-month median £288 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 - 22 Year Old (The Changeling) that hammers at £230 would cost the buyer approximately £290 all-in including buyer's premium.
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