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Ardbeg 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles)

£454
12.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses

Regularly traded· 41 lots a year

Auction lots

443

Houses

3

Last sold

10 days ago

Ardbeg 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg aged 25 years. Based on 443 recorded auction lots across 64 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £628, with the most recent sale at £454. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £400 (low) to £1,425 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles) is £418–£490 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Ardbeg 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles) is down 12.7%, with a 6-month trend of +13.5% (up). 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 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles) is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 25-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles)
Age
25 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£454

24-month median

£628

24-month high

£1,425

24-month low

£400

Estimated value · likely range

£418–£490 ±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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

41 lots

Cadence

≈ 3 per month

Trend

17% vs prior year

Houses

3

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

10 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer · Bonhams

Cross-house median

£650

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 3 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions112£480£640
Whisky Hammer46£420£620
Bonhams3£700£4,600
13.5%vs 6 months ago
12.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£388£928£1,468Jan 21Nov 21Oct 22Aug 23Jun 24May 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£4546
July 2026£4305
June 2026£1,0757
May 2026£4802
April 2026£4801
March 2026£4809
February 2026£4005
December 2025£4603
November 2025£4001
October 2025£5002
August 2025£4904
July 2025£4336

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ardbeg 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles) at auction?

Ardbeg 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles) appeared in 41 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 17% on the previous year. It has traded at 3 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 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles)?

The latest hammer price for Ardbeg 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles) at auction is £454. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £628, with a high of £1,425 and a low of £400. 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 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles) changed in value over the past year?

Ardbeg 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles) is down 12.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 13.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Ardbeg 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles)?

Ardbeg 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles) 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 £628 (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 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Ardbeg 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles) has moved down 12.7%, with a current median hammer price of £628. The bottle has been observed at auction across 443 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 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles)?

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 £454, 24-month median £628 — 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 25 Year Old (Lord Of The Isles) that hammers at £454 would cost the buyer approximately £572 all-in including buyer's premium.

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