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Bowmore - Dawn

£190
22.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

59

Houses

2

Last sold

141 days ago

Bowmore - Dawn is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore. Based on 59 recorded auction lots across 46 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £168, with the most recent sale at £190. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £55 (low) to £300 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore - Dawn is £143–£237 25% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore - Dawn is down 22.4%, with a 6-month trend of -36.7% (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.

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About Bowmore

Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore - Dawn is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as dawn, 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
Dawn
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£190

24-month median

£168

24-month high

£300

24-month low

£55

Estimated value · likely range

£143–£237 ±25%

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

Trend

67% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

141 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£170

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 Auctions44£200£163
Whisky Hammer3£190£240
36.7%vs 6 months ago
22.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£53£181£309May 13Jun 16Jun 17Aug 18Nov 19Dec 21Apr 25Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£1901
August 2025£2001
July 2025£2401
April 2025£2301
October 2023£2201
May 2023£2501
January 2023£3001
December 2022£2901
June 2022£2501
March 2022£3002
December 2021£3002
April 2021£2301

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore - Dawn at auction?

Bowmore - Dawn 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 is down 67% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 98% 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 - Dawn?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore - Dawn at auction is £190. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £168, with a high of £300 and a low of £55. 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 - Dawn changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore - Dawn is down 22.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 36.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bowmore - Dawn?

Bowmore - Dawn 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 £168 (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 - Dawn a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore - Dawn has moved down 22.4%, with a current median hammer price of £168. The bottle has been observed at auction across 59 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 - Dawn?

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 £168 — 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 - Dawn that hammers at £190 would cost the buyer approximately £239 all-in including buyer's premium.

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