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Bowmore 33 Year Old The Changeling

£1,700
26.1%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 16 lots a year

Auction lots

28

Houses

1

Last sold

30 days ago

Bowmore 33 Year Old The Changeling is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 33 years. Based on 28 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,600, with the most recent sale at £1,700. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,000 (low) to £2,300 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 33 Year Old The Changeling is £1,535–£1,865 10% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore 33 Year Old The Changeling is down 26.1%, with a 6-month trend of +61.9% (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 33 Year Old The Changeling is an age-stated bottling at 33 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 33-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Bowmore
Age
33 years
Edition
Changeling
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,700

24-month median

£1,600

24-month high

£2,300

24-month low

£1,000

Estimated value · likely range

£1,535–£1,865 ±10%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

16 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

300% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 5% of tracked bottles

Last seen

30 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

61.9%vs 6 months ago
26.1%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£970£1,670£2,369Dec 22Jul 23Jul 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1,7001
July 2026£1,0252
May 2026£1,0001
March 2026£1,1002
December 2025£1,0502
November 2025£1,0754
October 2025£1,0502
September 2025£1,7002
July 2025£1,7002
May 2025£1,6002
July 2023£2,0002
January 2023£2,3002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 33 Year Old The Changeling at auction?

Bowmore 33 Year Old The Changeling appeared in 16 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 300% on the previous year. 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.

What is the current auction price of Bowmore 33 Year Old The Changeling?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore 33 Year Old The Changeling at auction is £1,700. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,600, with a high of £2,300 and a low of £1,000. 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 33 Year Old The Changeling changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore 33 Year Old The Changeling is down 26.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 61.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bowmore 33 Year Old The Changeling?

Bowmore 33 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 £1,600 (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 33 Year Old The Changeling a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore 33 Year Old The Changeling has moved down 26.1%, with a current median hammer price of £1,600. The bottle has been observed at auction across 28 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 33 Year Old The Changeling?

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 £1,700, 24-month median £1,600 — 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 33 Year Old The Changeling that hammers at £1,700 would cost the buyer approximately £2,142 all-in including buyer's premium.

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