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Ailsa Bay Single Malt

£55

latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 24 lots a year

Auction lots

12

Houses

3

Last sold

7 days ago

Ailsa Bay Single Malt is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ailsa Bay. Based on 12 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £37, with the most recent sale at £55. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £29 (low) to £75 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ailsa Bay Single Malt is £42–£68 24% around the latest sale).

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About Ailsa Bay

Ailsa Bay is a whisky distillery. Ailsa Bay Single Malt is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

Ailsa Bay Single Malt is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Ailsa Bay rather than by built-in rarity.

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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Ailsa Bay
Expression
Single Malt
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£55

24-month median

£37

24-month high

£75

24-month low

£29

Estimated value · likely range

£42–£68 ±24%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

Market presence

last 12 months

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

24 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

14% vs prior year

Houses

3

Activity rank

top 3% of tracked bottles

Last seen

7 days ago

Rarity signal: few lots but spread across 3 houses — sellers seek this bottle out.

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer · whisky.auction

Cross-house median

£48

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 3 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions131£40£48
Whisky Hammer12£55£40
whisky.auction1£65£65
48.6%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£28£53£77Jul 22Feb 24Dec 24Aug 25Dec 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£551
April 2026£502
March 2026£291
February 2026£551
December 2025£321
August 2025£371
January 2025£371
December 2024£351
February 2024£751
August 2022£321
July 2022£421

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ailsa Bay Single Malt at auction?

Ailsa Bay Single Malt appeared in 24 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 14% on the previous year. It has traded at 3 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 3% by auction activity among the 30,758 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Ailsa Bay Single Malt?

The latest hammer price for Ailsa Bay Single Malt at auction is £55. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £37, with a high of £75 and a low of £29. 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.

How much has Ailsa Bay Single Malt changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Ailsa Bay Single Malt, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £29 to £75 (median £37).

Where can I sell Ailsa Bay Single Malt?

Ailsa Bay Single Malt 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 £37 (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%.

Is Ailsa Bay Single Malt a good investment?

Ailsa Bay Single Malt has appeared in 12 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £37. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Ailsa Bay Single Malt?

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 £55, 24-month median £37 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding buyer's premium.

Does the price include 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 Ailsa Bay Single Malt that hammers at £55 would cost the buyer approximately £69 all-in including buyer's premium.

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