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SMWS 3.351 Bowmore 20 Year Old

£160

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

15

Houses

1

Last sold

117 days ago

SMWS 3.351 Bowmore 20 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 20 years. Based on 15 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £210, with the most recent sale at £160. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £160 (low) to £260 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 3.351 Bowmore 20 Year Old is £147–£173 8% around the latest sale).

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About Bowmore

Bowmore is a whisky distillery. SMWS 3.351 Bowmore 20 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Age statement

    A 20-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 3x351) 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
20 years
Cask number
3x351
Bottler
SMWS
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£160

24-month median

£210

24-month high

£260

24-month low

£160

Estimated value · likely range

£147–£173 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Trend

37% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

117 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

27.3%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£155£212£268Aug 24May 25Sept 25Mar 26May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£1601
March 2026£2002
September 2025£2002
June 2025£2102
May 2025£2102
October 2024£2202
September 2024£2202
August 2024£2602

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 3.351 Bowmore 20 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 3.351 Bowmore 20 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). That is down 37% on the previous year. 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 SMWS 3.351 Bowmore 20 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 3.351 Bowmore 20 Year Old at auction is £160. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £210, with a high of £260 and a low of £160. 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 3.351 Bowmore 20 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for SMWS 3.351 Bowmore 20 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £160 to £260 (median £210).

Where can I sell SMWS 3.351 Bowmore 20 Year Old?

SMWS 3.351 Bowmore 20 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 £210 (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 3.351 Bowmore 20 Year Old a good investment?

SMWS 3.351 Bowmore 20 Year Old has appeared in 15 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £210. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of SMWS 3.351 Bowmore 20 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 £160, 24-month median £210 — 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 3.351 Bowmore 20 Year Old that hammers at £160 would cost the buyer approximately £202 all-in including buyer's premium.

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