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Bowmore 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release)

£225
30.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 43 lots a year

Auction lots

311

Houses

2

Last sold

8 days ago

Bowmore 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 25 years. Based on 311 recorded auction lots across 110 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £220, with the most recent sale at £225. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £140 (low) to £560 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release) is £201–£249 11% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release) is down 30.8%, with a 6-month trend of +5.9% (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.

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About Bowmore

Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release) is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 25-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
25 Year Old (Small Batch Release)
Age
25 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£225

24-month median

£220

24-month high

£560

24-month low

£140

Estimated value · likely range

£201–£249 ±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.

Market presence

last 12 months

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

43 lots

Cadence

≈ 4 per month

Trend

187% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

8 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£220

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions192£220£220
Whisky Hammer27£190£220
5.9%vs 6 months ago
30.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£136£356£577Feb 13Jan 16Feb 18Feb 20Jun 22Jun 24Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2252
July 2026£2199
June 2026£1737
May 2026£1804
April 2026£1754
March 2026£1905
February 2026£2136
January 2026£4802
November 2025£1401
October 2025£2201
September 2025£2302
August 2025£2203

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release) at auction?

Bowmore 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release) appeared in 43 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 187% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 1% 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 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release)?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release) at auction is £225. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £220, with a high of £560 and a low of £140. 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 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release) changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release) is down 30.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 5.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bowmore 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release)?

Bowmore 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release) 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 £220 (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 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release) has moved down 30.8%, with a current median hammer price of £220. The bottle has been observed at auction across 311 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 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release)?

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 £225, 24-month median £220 — 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 25 Year Old (Small Batch Release) that hammers at £225 would cost the buyer approximately £284 all-in including buyer's premium.

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