Bowmore 1957 38 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 38 years. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £4,650, with the most recent sale at £4,400. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £3,000 (low) to £8,000 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 1957 38 Year Old is £3,466–£5,334 (±21% around the latest sale).
Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore 1957 38 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 38 years old, distilled in 1957.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1957), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 38-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
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
£4,400
24-month median
£4,650
24-month high
£8,000
24-month low
£3,000
Estimated value · likely range
£3,466–£5,334 ±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 |
|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | £4,400 | 1 |
| October 2024 | £5,200 | 1 |
| November 2019 | £7,500 | 1 |
| May 2019 | £7,000 | 1 |
| June 2018 | £8,000 | 2 |
| April 2017 | £5,400 | 1 |
| March 2017 | £4,700 | 1 |
| February 2017 | £4,600 | 1 |
| December 2015 | £4,000 | 1 |
| July 2015 | £3,300 | 1 |
| March 2014 | £3,000 | 1 |
| June 2013 | £3,200 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Bowmore 1957 38 Year Old at auction is £4,400. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £4,650, with a high of £8,000 and a low of £3,000. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Bowmore 1957 38 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £3,000 to £8,000 (median £4,650).
Bowmore 1957 38 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 £4,650 (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%.
Bowmore 1957 38 Year Old has appeared in 13 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £4,650. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £4,400, 24-month median £4,650 — 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 1957 38 Year Old that hammers at £4,400 would cost the buyer approximately £5,544 all-in including buyer's premium.
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