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Bowmore 25 Year Old The Gulls

£500
▼ 41.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

41

Houses

1

Last sold

yesterday

Bowmore 25 Year Old The Gulls is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 25 years. Based on 41 recorded auction lots across 33 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £580, with the most recent sale at £500. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £320 (low) to £925 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 25 Year Old The Gulls is £392–£608 (±22% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore 25 Year Old The Gulls is down 41.2%, with a 6-month trend of -33.3% (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 25 Year Old The Gulls 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.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Bowmore 25 Year Old The Gulls, 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
25 Year Old The Gulls
Age
25 years
Edition
Bowmore 25 Year Old The Gulls
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£500

24-month median

£580

24-month high

£925

24-month low

£320

Estimated value · likely range

£392–£608 ±22%

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

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 25% of tracked bottles

Last seen

1 day ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 33.3%vs 6 months ago
▼ 41.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£310£632£953Dec 13Apr 15Jan 17Jun 18Feb 20Dec 21May 25Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£5002
September 2026£5001
May 2025£5601
October 2024£7001
September 2024£7001
April 2023£8501
January 2022£7501
December 2021£8501
December 2020£7001
August 2020£8001
July 2020£7501
March 2020£7502

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 25 Year Old The Gulls at auction?

Bowmore 25 Year Old The Gulls appeared in 3 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 25% by auction activity among the 35,289 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 The Gulls?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore 25 Year Old The Gulls at auction is £500. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £580, with a high of £925 and a low of £320. 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 The Gulls changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore 25 Year Old The Gulls is down 41.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 33.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bowmore 25 Year Old The Gulls?

Bowmore 25 Year Old The Gulls 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 £580 (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 The Gulls a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore 25 Year Old The Gulls has moved down 41.2%, with a current median hammer price of £580. The bottle has been observed at auction across 41 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 The Gulls?

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 £500, 24-month median £580 — 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 The Gulls that hammers at £500 would cost the buyer approximately £630 all-in including buyer's premium.

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