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Ardbeg 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release

£39
2.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Highly liquid· 191 lots a year

Auction lots

2,332

Houses

2

Last sold

9 days ago

Ardbeg 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg aged 8 years. Based on 2332 recorded auction lots across 61 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £44, with the most recent sale at £39. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £34 (low) to £90 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release is £36–£42 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Ardbeg 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release is down 2.5%, with a 6-month trend of +4% (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 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release is an age-stated bottling at 8 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as committeediscussion, 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
8 years
Edition
Discussion Committee
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£39

24-month median

£44

24-month high

£90

24-month low

£34

Estimated value · likely range

£36–£42 ±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

Highly liquideasy to find — and to sell

Seen at auction

191 lots

Cadence

≈ 4 per week

Trend

15% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

9 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£45

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 Auctions117£35£44
Whisky Hammer55£32£47
4%vs 6 months ago
2.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£32£63£93Jul 21Jun 22Apr 23Feb 24Dec 24Oct 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£397
July 2026£408
June 2026£3416
May 2026£4113
April 2026£509
March 2026£3546
February 2026£3821
January 2026£419
December 2025£4117
November 2025£457
October 2025£4523
September 2025£4115

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ardbeg 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release at auction?

Ardbeg 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release appeared in 191 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — highly liquid (easy to find — and to sell). That is down 15% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 1% 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 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release?

The latest hammer price for Ardbeg 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release at auction is £39. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £44, with a high of £90 and a low of £34. 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 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release changed in value over the past year?

Ardbeg 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release is down 2.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Ardbeg 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release?

Ardbeg 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release 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 £44 (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 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Ardbeg 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release has moved down 2.5%, with a current median hammer price of £44. The bottle has been observed at auction across 2332 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 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release?

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 £39, 24-month median £44 — 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 8 Year Old For Discussion Committee Release that hammers at £39 would cost the buyer approximately £49 all-in including buyer's premium.

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