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Ardbeg 26 Year Old Cadenhead's (1994) · Cadenhead

£270

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

8

Houses

2

Last sold

81 days ago

Ardbeg 26 Year Old Cadenhead's (1994) · Cadenhead is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg aged 26 years. Based on 8 recorded auction lots across 5 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £300, with the most recent sale at £270. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £270 (low) to £500 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg 26 Year Old Cadenhead's (1994) · Cadenhead is £248–£292 8% around the latest sale).

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About Ardbeg

Ardbeg is a whisky distillery. Ardbeg 26 Year Old (1994) Cadenhead's is an age-stated bottling at 26 years old, distilled in 1994.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1994), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 26-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Independent bottling

    An independent bottling by Cadenhead, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.

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
26 Year Old (1994) Cadenhead's
Age
26 years
Vintage
1994
Bottler
Cadenhead's
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£270

24-month median

£300

24-month high

£500

24-month low

£270

Estimated value · likely range

£248–£292 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

81 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£300

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 Auctions7£270£300
Whisky Hammer1£500£500

Price history (monthly median)

£262£388£515Nov 24Feb 25Oct 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£2701
May 2026£5001
October 2025£3002
February 2025£3002
November 2024£3202

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ardbeg 26 Year Old Cadenhead's (1994) · Cadenhead at auction?

Ardbeg 26 Year Old Cadenhead's (1994) · Cadenhead appeared in 4 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 up 0% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 22% 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 26 Year Old Cadenhead's (1994) · Cadenhead?

The latest hammer price for Ardbeg 26 Year Old Cadenhead's (1994) · Cadenhead at auction is £270. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £300, with a high of £500 and a low of £270. 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 26 Year Old Cadenhead's (1994) · Cadenhead changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Ardbeg 26 Year Old Cadenhead's (1994) · Cadenhead, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £270 to £500 (median £300).

Where can I sell Ardbeg 26 Year Old Cadenhead's (1994) · Cadenhead?

Ardbeg 26 Year Old Cadenhead's (1994) · Cadenhead 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 £300 (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 26 Year Old Cadenhead's (1994) · Cadenhead a good investment?

Ardbeg 26 Year Old Cadenhead's (1994) · Cadenhead has appeared in 8 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £300. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Ardbeg 26 Year Old Cadenhead's (1994) · Cadenhead?

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 £270, 24-month median £300 — 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 26 Year Old Cadenhead's (1994) · Cadenhead that hammers at £270 would cost the buyer approximately £340 all-in including buyer's premium.

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