Bowmore 1988 31 Year Old Timeless Series is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 31 years. Based on 14 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,850, with the most recent sale at £920. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £920 (low) to £2,750 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 1988 31 Year Old Timeless Series is £808–£1,032 (±12% around the latest sale).
Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore 1988 31 Year Old Timeless Series is an age-stated bottling at 31 years old, distilled in 1988.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1988), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 31-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as seriestimeless, 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
£920
24-month median
£1,850
24-month high
£2,750
24-month low
£920
Estimated value · likely range
£808–£1,032 ±12%
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: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer
Cross-house median
£1,800
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 22 | £950 | £1,800 |
| Whisky Hammer | 14 | £920 | £1,713 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £920 | 3 |
| February 2026 | £1,250 | 2 |
| September 2024 | £1,425 | 1 |
| July 2023 | £1,700 | 1 |
| December 2022 | £1,725 | 1 |
| September 2022 | £2,025 | 1 |
| July 2022 | £2,000 | 1 |
| May 2022 | £2,100 | 1 |
| March 2022 | £2,750 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £1,850 | 1 |
| August 2021 | £2,000 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Bowmore 1988 31 Year Old Timeless Series at auction is £920. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,850, with a high of £2,750 and a low of £920. 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 31 Year Old Timeless Series, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £920 to £2,750 (median £1,850).
Bowmore 1988 31 Year Old Timeless Series 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 £1,850 (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 31 Year Old Timeless Series has appeared in 14 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £1,850. 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 £920, 24-month median £1,850 — 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 31 Year Old Timeless Series that hammers at £920 would cost the buyer approximately £1,159 all-in including buyer's premium.
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