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Bowmore The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old

£150
15.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

21

Houses

1

Last sold

25 days ago

Bowmore The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 16 years. Based on 21 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £133, with the most recent sale at £150. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £80 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old is £93–£207 38% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old is up 15.4%, with a 6-month trend of +36.4% (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 The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Bowmore The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old 50cl, 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
Expression
The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old
Age
16 years
Edition
Bowmore The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old 50cl
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£150

24-month median

£133

24-month high

£400

24-month low

£80

Estimated value · likely range

£93–£207 ±38%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

36.4%vs 6 months ago
15.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£78£245£412Dec 17Sept 23Nov 24May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1501
May 2026£2101
December 2024£2101
November 2024£2101
November 2023£3201
September 2023£4001
December 2019£1103
September 2019£1201
June 2019£1501
April 2019£1352
December 2018£901
November 2018£1001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old at auction?

Bowmore The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old appeared in 2 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 39% 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 The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old at auction is £150. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £133, with a high of £400 and a low of £80. 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 The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old is up 15.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 36.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bowmore The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old?

Bowmore The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old 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 £133 (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 The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old has moved up 15.4%, with a current median hammer price of £133. The bottle has been observed at auction across 21 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 The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old?

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 £150, 24-month median £133 — 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 The Four Isle Solera 16 Year Old that hammers at £150 would cost the buyer approximately £189 all-in including buyer's premium.

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