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Ardbeg 2012 Single Cask #4046

£300

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

25

Houses

1

Last sold

327 days ago

Ardbeg 2012 Single Cask #4046 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg. Based on 25 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £390, with the most recent sale at £300. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £300 (low) to £523 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg 2012 Single Cask #4046 is £262–£338 13% around the latest sale).

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About Ardbeg

Ardbeg is a whisky distillery. Ardbeg 2012 Single Cask #4046 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2012.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2012), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 4046) 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
2012
Cask number
4046
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£300

24-month median

£390

24-month high

£523

24-month low

£300

Estimated value · likely range

£262–£338 ±13%

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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Trend

50% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

327 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

21.1%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£291£415£539Apr 23Jul 23Mar 24Jul 24Dec 24May 25Oct 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2025£3002
May 2025£3201
January 2025£3401
December 2024£3201
November 2024£3001
July 2024£4001
June 2024£3801
March 2024£4002
January 2024£4201
July 2023£4201
May 2023£4801
April 2023£52312

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ardbeg 2012 Single Cask #4046 at auction?

Ardbeg 2012 Single Cask #4046 appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 50% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 39% 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 2012 Single Cask #4046?

The latest hammer price for Ardbeg 2012 Single Cask #4046 at auction is £300. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £390, with a high of £523 and a low of £300. 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 2012 Single Cask #4046 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Ardbeg 2012 Single Cask #4046, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £300 to £523 (median £390).

Where can I sell Ardbeg 2012 Single Cask #4046?

Ardbeg 2012 Single Cask #4046 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 2012 Single Cask #4046 a good investment?

Ardbeg 2012 Single Cask #4046 has appeared in 25 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 2012 Single Cask #4046?

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 £300, 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 2012 Single Cask #4046 that hammers at £300 would cost the buyer approximately £378 all-in including buyer's premium.

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