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SMWS 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old

£180
▲ 20%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Auction lots

26

Houses

1

Last sold

506 days ago

SMWS 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 17 years. Based on 26 recorded auction lots across 17 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £143, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £110 (low) to £180 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old is £166–£194 (±8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, SMWS 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old is up 20%, with a 6-month trend of +28.6% (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 SMWS 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old, distilled in 2004.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2004), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as SMWS 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old, 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
SMWS 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old
Age
17 years
Vintage
2004
Edition
SMWS 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£180

24-month median

£143

24-month high

£180

24-month low

£110

Estimated value · likely range

£166–£194 ±8%

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

0 lots

Last seen

506 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▲ 28.6%vs 6 months ago
▲ 20%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£107£146£185Nov 21Nov 22Mar 23Sept 23Apr 24Jun 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2025£1801
July 2024£1501
April 2024£1401
March 2024£1801
September 2023£1501
July 2023£1502
March 2023£1401
December 2022£1401
November 2022£1301
July 2022£1101
June 2022£1301
May 2022£1601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market).

What is the current auction price of SMWS 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £143, with a high of £180 and a low of £110. 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 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

SMWS 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old is up 20% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 28.6%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell SMWS 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old?

SMWS 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 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 £143 (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 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months SMWS 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old has moved up 20%, with a current median hammer price of £143. The bottle has been observed at auction across 26 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 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 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 £180, 24-month median £143 — 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 3.333 Bowmore 2004 17 Year Old that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.

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