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Bowmore Legend

£48
40.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 40 lots a year

Auction lots

47

Houses

2

Last sold

8 days ago

Bowmore Legend is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore. Based on 47 recorded auction lots across 46 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £98, with the most recent sale at £48. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £20 (low) to £240 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore Legend is £37–£58 23% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore Legend is down 40.6%, 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 Legend is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as legend, 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
Legend
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£48

24-month median

£98

24-month high

£240

24-month low

£20

Estimated value · likely range

£37–£58 ±23%

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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

40 lots

Cadence

≈ 3 per month

Trend

18% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

8 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£75

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 Auctions240£35£65
Whisky Hammer47£48£95
36.7%vs 6 months ago
40.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£19£133£247Aug 21May 22Jan 23Mar 24Dec 24Aug 25Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£481
June 2026£201
May 2026£531
April 2026£452
March 2026£701
February 2026£801
December 2025£751
November 2025£221
October 2025£851
September 2025£681
August 2025£801
July 2025£651

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore Legend at auction?

Bowmore Legend appeared in 40 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is down 18% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 1% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Bowmore Legend?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore Legend at auction is £48. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £98, with a high of £240 and a low of £20. 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 Legend changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore Legend is down 40.6% 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 Legend?

Bowmore Legend 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 £98 (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 Legend a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore Legend has moved down 40.6%, with a current median hammer price of £98. The bottle has been observed at auction across 47 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 Legend?

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 £48, 24-month median £98 — 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 Legend that hammers at £48 would cost the buyer approximately £60 all-in including buyer's premium.

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