latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses
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.
Ardbeg is a whisky distillery. Ardbeg 2005 Single Cask #5460 Supernova Cask is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2005.
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.
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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.
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 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 house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 71 | £520 | £700 |
| Whisky Hammer | 14 | £460 | £680 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | £520 | 1 |
| April 2026 | £460 | 2 |
| March 2026 | £480 | 2 |
| December 2025 | £420 | 2 |
| November 2025 | £460 | 3 |
| October 2025 | £540 | 4 |
| July 2025 | £650 | 2 |
| April 2025 | £520 | 3 |
| January 2025 | £540 | 3 |
| December 2024 | £440 | 2 |
| November 2024 | £480 | 2 |
| April 2024 | £520 | 2 |
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.
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.
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.
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%.
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.
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.
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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