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Ardbeg 1975 Connoisseurs Choice

£420

latest hammer price

Auction lots

11

Houses

1

Last sold

534 days ago

Ardbeg 1975 Connoisseurs Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £390, with the most recent sale at £420. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £20 (low) to £540 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg 1975 Connoisseurs Choice is £370–£470 (±12% around the latest sale).

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About Ardbeg

Ardbeg is a whisky distillery. Ardbeg 1975 Connoisseurs Choice is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1975.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1975), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Ardbeg 1975 Connoisseurs Choice, 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Ardbeg
Expression
1975 Connoisseurs Choice
Vintage
1975
Edition
Ardbeg 1975 Connoisseurs Choice
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£420

24-month median

£390

24-month high

£540

24-month low

£20

Estimated value · likely range

£370–£470 ±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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

0 lots

Last seen

534 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▲ 2000%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£19£288£556Sept 16Aug 17May 18Mar 20Jan 22May 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2025£4201
January 2022£5401
November 2020£4401
October 2020£3801
July 2020£4801
March 2020£4001
July 2018£201
May 2018£3802
August 2017£2801
September 2016£3301

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ardbeg 1975 Connoisseurs Choice at auction?

Ardbeg 1975 Connoisseurs Choice appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market).

What is the current auction price of Ardbeg 1975 Connoisseurs Choice?

The latest hammer price for Ardbeg 1975 Connoisseurs Choice at auction is £420. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £390, with a high of £540 and a low of £20. 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 1975 Connoisseurs Choice changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Ardbeg 1975 Connoisseurs Choice, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £20 to £540 (median £390).

Where can I sell Ardbeg 1975 Connoisseurs Choice?

Ardbeg 1975 Connoisseurs Choice 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 £390 (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 1975 Connoisseurs Choice a good investment?

Ardbeg 1975 Connoisseurs Choice has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £390. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Ardbeg 1975 Connoisseurs Choice?

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 £420, 24-month median £390 — 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 1975 Connoisseurs Choice that hammers at £420 would cost the buyer approximately £529 all-in including buyer's premium.

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