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Bowmore - Darkest

£170

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

10

Houses

1

Last sold

39 days ago

Bowmore - Darkest is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £205, with the most recent sale at £170. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £170 (low) to £240 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore - Darkest is £155–£185 9% around the latest sale).

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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

Latest sale

£170

24-month median

£205

24-month high

£240

24-month low

£170

Estimated value · likely range

£155–£185 ±9%

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 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

39 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

26.1%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£165£206£247Aug 21Aug 22Apr 23Apr 25Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1701
June 2026£2001
November 2025£1801
July 2025£1901
April 2025£2101
April 2023£2401
November 2022£2301
August 2022£2301
September 2021£2201
August 2021£2001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore - Darkest at auction?

Bowmore - Darkest 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 28% 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 - Darkest?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore - Darkest at auction is £170. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £205, with a high of £240 and a low of £170. 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?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Bowmore - Darkest, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £170 to £240 (median £205).

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 £205 (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?

Bowmore - Darkest has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £205. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

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 £170, 24-month median £205 — 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 £170 would cost the buyer approximately £214 all-in including buyer's premium.

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