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Bowmore Cask Strength

£210
27.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

157

Houses

1

Last sold

57 days ago

Bowmore Cask Strength is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore. Based on 157 recorded auction lots across 67 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £160, with the most recent sale at £210. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £40 (low) to £340 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore Cask Strength is £138–£282 34% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore Cask Strength is down 27.6%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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 Cask Strength is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskstrength, 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
Edition
Cask Strength
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£210

24-month median

£160

24-month high

£340

24-month low

£40

Estimated value · likely range

£138–£282 ±34%

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

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Trend

17% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

57 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago
27.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£39£195£350Mar 12Dec 13May 17Mar 19Jul 20Jun 22Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2101
June 2026£1801
April 2026£2201
March 2026£2402
November 2025£2102
May 2025£2702
April 2025£2104
November 2023£2902
October 2023£2604
September 2023£2402
May 2023£2602
June 2022£2602

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore Cask Strength at auction?

Bowmore Cask Strength appeared in 7 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 17% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 13% 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 Cask Strength?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore Cask Strength at auction is £210. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £160, with a high of £340 and a low of £40. 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 Cask Strength changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore Cask Strength is down 27.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bowmore Cask Strength?

Bowmore Cask Strength 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 £160 (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 Cask Strength a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore Cask Strength has moved down 27.6%, with a current median hammer price of £160. The bottle has been observed at auction across 157 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 Cask Strength?

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 £210, 24-month median £160 — 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 Cask Strength that hammers at £210 would cost the buyer approximately £265 all-in including buyer's premium.

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