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Ardbeg70cl

Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl)

£158
31.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 21 lots a year

Auction lots

819

Houses

2

Last sold

80 days ago

Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg aged 17 years. Based on 819 recorded auction lots across 146 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £250, with the most recent sale at £158. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £35 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl) is £139–£176 12% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl) is down 31.5%, with a 6-month trend of -17.1% (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.

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About Ardbeg

Ardbeg is a whisky distillery. Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl) is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl) 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 Ardbeg 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
Ardbeg
Expression
10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl)
Age
17 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£158

24-month median

£250

24-month high

£400

24-month low

£35

Estimated value · likely range

£139–£176 ±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.

Market presence

last 12 months

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

21 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

49% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 3% of tracked bottles

Last seen

80 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£250

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions279£145£252
Whisky Hammer25£170£240
17.1%vs 6 months ago
31.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£34£223£412Aug 12Oct 14Dec 16Mar 19May 21Sept 23Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£1583
April 2026£1304
March 2026£2002
February 2026£1903
January 2026£1402
December 2025£1501
October 2025£1904
September 2025£2202
August 2025£1955
July 2025£1738
May 2025£2004
April 2025£2201

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl) at auction?

Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl) appeared in 21 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 49% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 3% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl)?

The latest hammer price for Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl) at auction is £158. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £250, with a high of £400 and a low of £35. 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 Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl) changed in value over the past year?

Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl) is down 31.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 17.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl)?

Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl) 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 £250 (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 Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl) has moved down 31.5%, with a current median hammer price of £250. The bottle has been observed at auction across 819 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl)?

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 £158, 24-month median £250 — 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 Ardbeg 10 & 17 Year Old (2 x 5cl) that hammers at £158 would cost the buyer approximately £198 all-in including buyer's premium.

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