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Ardbeg 21 Year Old House Reserve

£540

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 51 lots a year

Auction lots

4

Houses

2

Last sold

117 days ago

Ardbeg 21 Year Old House Reserve is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg aged 21 years. Based on 4 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £600, with the most recent sale at £540. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £540 (low) to £760 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg 21 Year Old House Reserve is £441–£639 18% around the latest sale).

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About Ardbeg

Ardbeg is a whisky distillery. Ardbeg 21 Year Old House Reserve is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Age statement

    A 21-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as housereserve, 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
Age
21 years
Edition
House Reserve
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£540

24-month median

£600

24-month high

£760

24-month low

£540

Estimated value · likely range

£441–£639 ±18%

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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

51 lots

Cadence

≈ 4 per month

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

117 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£638

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 Auctions11£580£650
Whisky Hammer4£540£570

Price history (monthly median)

£524£653£783Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£5402
January 2026£6001
November 2025£7601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ardbeg 21 Year Old House Reserve at auction?

Ardbeg 21 Year Old House Reserve appeared in 51 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 1% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Ardbeg 21 Year Old House Reserve?

The latest hammer price for Ardbeg 21 Year Old House Reserve at auction is £540. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £600, with a high of £760 and a low of £540. 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 21 Year Old House Reserve changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Ardbeg 21 Year Old House Reserve, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £540 to £760 (median £600).

Where can I sell Ardbeg 21 Year Old House Reserve?

Ardbeg 21 Year Old House Reserve 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 £600 (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 21 Year Old House Reserve a good investment?

Ardbeg 21 Year Old House Reserve has appeared in 4 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £600. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Ardbeg 21 Year Old House Reserve?

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 £540, 24-month median £600 — 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 21 Year Old House Reserve that hammers at £540 would cost the buyer approximately £680 all-in including buyer's premium.

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