latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses
Auction lots
35
Houses
2
Last sold
25 days ago
Bowmore 23 Year Old Lovers Transformed is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 23 years. Based on 35 recorded auction lots across 19 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £280, with the most recent sale at £280. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £200 (low) to £390 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 23 Year Old Lovers Transformed is £258–£302 (±8% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Bowmore 23 Year Old Lovers Transformed is down 15.2%, with a 6-month trend of +7.7% (up). 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 23 Year Old Lovers Transformed is an age-stated bottling at 23 years old.
Age statement
A 23-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as loverstransformed, 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
£280
24-month median
£280
24-month high
£390
24-month low
£200
Estimated value · likely range
£258–£302 ±8%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears
Seen at auction
15 lots
Cadence
≈ 1 per month
Trend
▲ 88% vs prior year
Houses
2
Activity rank
top 5% of tracked bottles
Last seen
25 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer
Cross-house median
£300
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 | 20 | £260 | £300 |
| Whisky Hammer | 13 | £200 | £260 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | £280 | 2 |
| July 2026 | £260 | 3 |
| March 2026 | £270 | 2 |
| February 2026 | £200 | 1 |
| January 2026 | £255 | 1 |
| November 2025 | £230 | 1 |
| October 2025 | £260 | 2 |
| September 2025 | £300 | 3 |
| July 2025 | £260 | 2 |
| March 2025 | £260 | 1 |
| February 2025 | £250 | 1 |
| November 2024 | £350 | 1 |
Bowmore 23 Year Old Lovers Transformed appeared in 15 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 88% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 5% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.
The latest hammer price for Bowmore 23 Year Old Lovers Transformed at auction is £280. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £280, with a high of £390 and a low of £200. 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 23 Year Old Lovers Transformed is down 15.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 7.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Bowmore 23 Year Old Lovers Transformed 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 £280 (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 23 Year Old Lovers Transformed has moved down 15.2%, with a current median hammer price of £280. The bottle has been observed at auction across 35 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 £280, 24-month median £280 — 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 23 Year Old Lovers Transformed that hammers at £280 would cost the buyer approximately £353 all-in including buyer's premium.
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