Bowmore 1989 23 Year Old Port Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 23 years. Based on 81 recorded auction lots across 47 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £242, with the most recent sale at £190. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £190 (low) to £310 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 1989 23 Year Old Port Cask is £170–£210 (±10% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Bowmore 1989 23 Year Old Port Cask is down 32.1%, with a 6-month trend of -34.5% (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 1989 23 Year Old Port Cask is an age-stated bottling at 23 years old, distilled in 1989.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1989), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 23-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as caskport, 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
£190
24-month median
£242
24-month high
£310
24-month low
£190
Estimated value · likely range
£170–£210 ±10%
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
£242
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 | 48 | £250 | £244 |
| Whisky Hammer | 5 | £190 | £240 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £190 | 2 |
| January 2026 | £250 | 1 |
| June 2025 | £240 | 1 |
| May 2025 | £220 | 1 |
| April 2025 | £240 | 1 |
| November 2024 | £210 | 1 |
| October 2024 | £290 | 1 |
| August 2024 | £300 | 1 |
| June 2024 | £260 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £230 | 3 |
| January 2024 | £280 | 1 |
| December 2023 | £250 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Bowmore 1989 23 Year Old Port Cask at auction is £190. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £242, with a high of £310 and a low of £190. 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 1989 23 Year Old Port Cask is down 32.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 34.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Bowmore 1989 23 Year Old Port Cask 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 £242 (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 1989 23 Year Old Port Cask has moved down 32.1%, with a current median hammer price of £242. The bottle has been observed at auction across 81 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 £190, 24-month median £242 — 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 1989 23 Year Old Port Cask that hammers at £190 would cost the buyer approximately £239 all-in including buyer's premium.
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