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Bowmore Black 1964 3rd Edition

£9,000

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

9

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

Bowmore Black 1964 3rd Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore. Based on 9 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £7,700, with the most recent sale at £9,000. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £3,800 (low) to £12,500 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore Black 1964 3rd Edition is £7,071–£10,929 21% around the latest sale).

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About Bowmore

Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore Black 1964 3rd Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1964.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1964), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Bowmore Black 1964 3rd Edition, 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
Black 1964 3rd Edition
Vintage
1964
Edition
Bowmore Black 1964 3rd Edition
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£9,000

24-month median

£7,700

24-month high

£12,500

24-month low

£3,800

Estimated value · likely range

£7,071–£10,929 ±21%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

125%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£3,686£8,281£12,875Jun 15Feb 17Aug 20Jul 21Feb 24Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£9,0001
February 2024£8,0001
July 2021£12,5001
August 2020£10,0001
June 2017£6,6001
February 2017£7,4001
September 2015£4,0002
June 2015£3,8001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore Black 1964 3rd Edition at auction?

Bowmore Black 1964 3rd Edition appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 98% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Bowmore Black 1964 3rd Edition?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore Black 1964 3rd Edition at auction is £9,000. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £7,700, with a high of £12,500 and a low of £3,800. 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 Black 1964 3rd Edition changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Bowmore Black 1964 3rd Edition, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £3,800 to £12,500 (median £7,700).

Where can I sell Bowmore Black 1964 3rd Edition?

Bowmore Black 1964 3rd Edition 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 £7,700 (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 Black 1964 3rd Edition a good investment?

Bowmore Black 1964 3rd Edition has appeared in 9 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £7,700. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Bowmore Black 1964 3rd Edition?

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 £9,000, 24-month median £7,700 — 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 Black 1964 3rd Edition that hammers at £9,000 would cost the buyer approximately £11,340 all-in including buyer's premium.

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