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Bowmore - Darkest

£220
▼ 13.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

109

Houses

2

Last sold

25 days ago

Bowmore - Darkest is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore. Based on 109 recorded auction lots across 71 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £120, with the most recent sale at £220. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £35 (low) to £320 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore - Darkest is £132–£308 (±40% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore - Darkest is down 13.7%, with a 6-month trend of +4.8% (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 - Darkest is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as darkest, 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
Darkest
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£220

24-month median

£120

24-month high

£320

24-month low

£35

Estimated value · likely range

£132–£308 ±40%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Trend

▼ 20% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 19% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£125

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 Auctions63£220£110
Whisky Hammer10£170£205
▲ 4.8%vs 6 months ago
▼ 13.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£34£182£330May 12Feb 14Jun 16Dec 17Sept 19Aug 22Jul 25Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£2201
July 2026£1701
June 2026£2001
November 2025£1801
July 2025£1952
June 2025£2201
April 2025£2101
March 2025£2401
April 2024£2601
January 2024£2301
October 2023£2301
June 2023£651

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore - Darkest at auction?

Bowmore - Darkest appeared in 4 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 20% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 19% 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 - Darkest?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore - Darkest at auction is £220. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £120, with a high of £320 and a low of £35. 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 - Darkest changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore - Darkest is down 13.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 4.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bowmore - Darkest?

Bowmore - Darkest 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 £120 (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 - Darkest a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore - Darkest has moved down 13.7%, with a current median hammer price of £120. The bottle has been observed at auction across 109 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 - Darkest?

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 £220, 24-month median £120 — 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 - Darkest that hammers at £220 would cost the buyer approximately £277 all-in including buyer's premium.

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