Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 29 years. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £380, with the most recent sale at £380. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £270 (low) to £520 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 is £330–£430 (±13% around the latest sale).
Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 is an age-stated bottling at 29 years old, distilled in 1988.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1988), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 29-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as seq2, 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.
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Latest sale
£380
24-month median
£380
24-month high
£520
24-month low
£270
Estimated value · likely range
£330–£430 ±13%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Seen at: Whisky Hammer · Scotch Whisky Auctions
Cross-house median
£375
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whisky Hammer | 7 | £370 | £370 |
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 3 | £380 | £380 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £380 | 1 |
| March 2026 | £370 | 2 |
| February 2025 | £520 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £420 | 1 |
| June 2024 | £320 | 1 |
| February 2024 | £390 | 1 |
| January 2024 | £320 | 1 |
| December 2023 | £270 | 1 |
| March 2022 | £435 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 at auction is £380. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £380, with a high of £520 and a low of £270. 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 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £270 to £520 (median £380).
Bowmore 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 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 £380 (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 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £380. 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 £380, 24-month median £380 — 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 1988 29 Year Old Edition #2 that hammers at £380 would cost the buyer approximately £479 all-in including buyer's premium.
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