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SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015

£290
7.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

69

Houses

1

Last sold

yesterday

SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 17 years. Based on 69 recorded auction lots across 37 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £220, with the most recent sale at £290. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £148 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015 is £227–£353 22% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015 is up 7.4%, with a 6-month trend of -27.5% (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. SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015 is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old, distilled in 2015.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2015), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 3x243) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

  • Independent bottling

    An independent bottling by smws, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.

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
17 years
Vintage
2015
Cask number
3x243
Bottler
SMWS
Edition
Feis Ile
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£290

24-month median

£220

24-month high

£400

24-month low

£148

Estimated value · likely range

£227–£353 ±22%

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

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

1 day ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

27.5%vs 6 months ago
7.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£143£278£412Jul 15Jan 17Nov 17Mar 19Dec 21Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£2901
July 2026£2701
September 2025£2801
August 2025£2901
May 2025£3001
June 2024£3401
December 2021£4002
June 2021£3001
August 2019£2373
July 2019£2601
June 2019£2402
May 2019£2501

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015 at auction?

SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015 appeared in 3 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 28% 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 SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015 at auction is £290. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £220, with a high of £400 and a low of £148. 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 SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015 changed in value over the past year?

SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015 is up 7.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 27.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015?

SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015 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%.

Is SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015 has moved up 7.4%, with a current median hammer price of £220. The bottle has been observed at auction across 69 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 SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015?

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 £290, 24-month median £220 — 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 SMWS 3.243 Bowmore 17 Year Old Feis Ile 2015 that hammers at £290 would cost the buyer approximately £365 all-in including buyer's premium.

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