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Ardbeg 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask

£520
7.1%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 14 lots a year

Auction lots

147

Houses

2

Last sold

44 days ago

Ardbeg 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg. Based on 147 recorded auction lots across 40 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £656, with the most recent sale at £520. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £420 (low) to £997 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask is £478–£562 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Ardbeg 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask is down 7.1%, with a 6-month trend of -20% (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 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2005.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2005), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 5460) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

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
Vintage
2005
Cask number
5460
Edition
Supernova Cask
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£520

24-month median

£656

24-month high

£997

24-month low

£420

Estimated value · likely range

£478–£562 ±8%

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

14 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

17% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 5% of tracked bottles

Last seen

44 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£700

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 Auctions71£520£700
Whisky Hammer14£460£680
20%vs 6 months ago
7.1%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£407£717£1,027Jul 21Feb 22Sept 22Apr 23Oct 23Dec 24Dec 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£5201
April 2026£4602
March 2026£4802
December 2025£4202
November 2025£4603
October 2025£5404
July 2025£6502
April 2025£5203
January 2025£5403
December 2024£4402
November 2024£4802
April 2024£5202

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ardbeg 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask at auction?

Ardbeg 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask appeared in 14 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 17% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 5% 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 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask?

The latest hammer price for Ardbeg 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask at auction is £520. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £656, with a high of £997 and a low of £420. 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 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask changed in value over the past year?

Ardbeg 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask is down 7.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 20%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Ardbeg 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask?

Ardbeg 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova 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 £656 (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 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Ardbeg 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask has moved down 7.1%, with a current median hammer price of £656. The bottle has been observed at auction across 147 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 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask?

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 £520, 24-month median £656 — 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 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask that hammers at £520 would cost the buyer approximately £655 all-in including buyer's premium.

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