Bowmore 15 Year Old Mariner is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 15 years. Based on 60 recorded auction lots across 46 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £163, with the most recent sale at £170. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £65 (low) to £260 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 15 Year Old Mariner is £135–£205 (±21% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Bowmore 15 Year Old Mariner is down 34.6%, with a 6-month trend of -22.7% (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.
Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore 15 Year Old Mariner is an age-stated bottling at 15 years old.
Named / limited release
Released as mariner, 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.
Latest sale
£170
24-month median
£163
24-month high
£260
24-month low
£65
Estimated value · likely range
£135–£205 ±21%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | £170 | 1 |
| June 2025 | £170 | 1 |
| April 2025 | £175 | 2 |
| October 2024 | £175 | 2 |
| April 2024 | £190 | 1 |
| October 2023 | £180 | 1 |
| September 2023 | £220 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £200 | 1 |
| May 2023 | £180 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £230 | 1 |
| December 2022 | £200 | 1 |
| June 2022 | £187 | 3 |
The latest hammer price for Bowmore 15 Year Old Mariner at auction is £170. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £163, with a high of £260 and a low of £65. 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.
Bowmore 15 Year Old Mariner is down 34.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 22.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Bowmore 15 Year Old Mariner 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 £163 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Bowmore 15 Year Old Mariner has moved down 34.6%, with a current median hammer price of £163. The bottle has been observed at auction across 60 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.
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 £170, 24-month median £163 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 15 Year Old Mariner that hammers at £170 would cost the buyer approximately £214 all-in including buyer's premium.
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