latest hammer price
Auction lots
27
Houses
1
Last sold
429 days ago
Bowmore Darkest Old Style is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore. Based on 27 recorded auction lots across 20 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £220, with the most recent sale at £190. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £65 (low) to £270 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore Darkest Old Style is £158–£222 (±17% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Bowmore Darkest Old Style is down 20.8%, with a 6-month trend of -26.9% (down). 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.
Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore Darkest Old Style is a no-age-statement bottling.
Named / limited release
Released as Bowmore Darkest Old Style, 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.
Latest sale
£190
24-month median
£220
24-month high
£270
24-month low
£65
Estimated value · likely range
£158–£222 ±17%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market
Seen at auction
0 lots
Last seen
429 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | £190 | 1 |
| July 2024 | £220 | 1 |
| December 2023 | £220 | 1 |
| September 2023 | £240 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £240 | 1 |
| February 2023 | £270 | 3 |
| December 2022 | £260 | 1 |
| June 2022 | £260 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £270 | 1 |
| October 2021 | £243 | 3 |
| August 2021 | £250 | 1 |
| June 2021 | £210 | 1 |
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Bowmore Darkest Old Style appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market).
The latest hammer price for Bowmore Darkest Old Style at auction is £190. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £220, with a high of £270 and a low of £65. 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.
Bowmore Darkest Old Style is down 20.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 26.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Bowmore Darkest Old Style 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 £220 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Bowmore Darkest Old Style has moved down 20.8%, with a current median hammer price of £220. The bottle has been observed at auction across 27 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.
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 £190, 24-month median £220 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 Old Style that hammers at £190 would cost the buyer approximately £239 all-in including buyer's premium.
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