Bowmore 1989 XOP Black Series is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore. Based on 19 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £580, with the most recent sale at £500. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £500 (low) to £850 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 1989 XOP Black Series is £420–£580 (±16% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Bowmore 1989 XOP Black Series is down 31%, with a 6-month trend of -3.8% (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 XOP Black Series is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1989.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1989), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Named / limited release
Released as blackseriesxop, 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
£500
24-month median
£580
24-month high
£850
24-month low
£500
Estimated value · likely range
£420–£580 ±16%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | £500 | 1 |
| April 2025 | £580 | 1 |
| May 2024 | £520 | 1 |
| June 2023 | £540 | 1 |
| March 2023 | £600 | 1 |
| March 2021 | £750 | 2 |
| October 2020 | £520 | 1 |
| August 2020 | £580 | 1 |
| July 2020 | £650 | 1 |
| June 2020 | £580 | 1 |
| February 2020 | £850 | 1 |
| January 2020 | £750 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Bowmore 1989 XOP Black Series at auction is £500. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £580, with a high of £850 and a low of £500. 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 XOP Black Series is down 31% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 3.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Bowmore 1989 XOP Black 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 £580 (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 XOP Black Series has moved down 31%, with a current median hammer price of £580. The bottle has been observed at auction across 19 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 £500, 24-month median £580 — 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 XOP Black Series that hammers at £500 would cost the buyer approximately £630 all-in including buyer's premium.
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