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Bowmore White 1964 43 Year Old

£13,500

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

11

Houses

2

Last sold

173 days ago

Bowmore White 1964 43 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 43 years. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £13,500, with the most recent sale at £13,500. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £9,000 (low) to £15,000 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore White 1964 43 Year Old is £11,625–£15,375 14% around the latest sale).

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About Bowmore

Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore White 1964 43 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 43 years old, distilled in 1964.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1964), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 43-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as white, 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
Age
43 years
Vintage
1964
Edition
White
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£13,500

24-month median

£13,500

24-month high

£15,000

24-month low

£9,000

Estimated value · likely range

£11,625–£15,375 ±14%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

173 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Auctioneer

Cross-house median

£13,500

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 Auctions10£9,000£13,500
Whisky Auctioneer1£13,500£13,500

Price history (monthly median)

£8,730£12,090£15,450Jul 21May 24Sept 25Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£13,5001
November 2025£9,0002
September 2025£9,5002
July 2024£13,5002
May 2024£15,0002
July 2021£14,5002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore White 1964 43 Year Old at auction?

Bowmore White 1964 43 Year Old appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 17% 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 White 1964 43 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore White 1964 43 Year Old at auction is £13,500. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £13,500, with a high of £15,000 and a low of £9,000. 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 White 1964 43 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Bowmore White 1964 43 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £9,000 to £15,000 (median £13,500).

Where can I sell Bowmore White 1964 43 Year Old?

Bowmore White 1964 43 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 £13,500 (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 White 1964 43 Year Old a good investment?

Bowmore White 1964 43 Year Old has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £13,500. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Bowmore White 1964 43 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 £13,500, 24-month median £13,500 — 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 White 1964 43 Year Old that hammers at £13,500 would cost the buyer approximately £17,010 all-in including buyer's premium.

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