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Ardbeg70cl

Ardbeg Bizarrebq

£70
9.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 65 lots a year

Auction lots

488

Houses

2

Last sold

9 days ago

Ardbeg Bizarrebq is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg. Based on 488 recorded auction lots across 38 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £71, with the most recent sale at £70. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £61 (low) to £127 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg Bizarrebq is £64–£76 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Ardbeg Bizarrebq is down 9.7%, with a 6-month trend of -26.3% (down). 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 Bizarrebq is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as bizarrebq, 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
Edition
Bizarrebq
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£70

24-month median

£71

24-month high

£127

24-month low

£61

Estimated value · likely range

£64–£76 ±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

65 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per week

Trend

40% 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

£70

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 Auctions72£70£70
Whisky Hammer30£65£70
26.3%vs 6 months ago
9.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£59£95£131Jun 23Dec 23Jun 24Dec 24Jun 25Dec 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£708
July 2026£655
June 2026£772
May 2026£784
April 2026£706
March 2026£686
February 2026£953
December 2025£6111
November 2025£749
October 2025£801
September 2025£8810
August 2025£7111

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ardbeg Bizarrebq at auction?

Ardbeg Bizarrebq appeared in 65 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is down 40% 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 Bizarrebq?

The latest hammer price for Ardbeg Bizarrebq at auction is £70. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £71, with a high of £127 and a low of £61. 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 Bizarrebq changed in value over the past year?

Ardbeg Bizarrebq is down 9.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 26.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Ardbeg Bizarrebq?

Ardbeg Bizarrebq 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 £71 (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 Bizarrebq a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Ardbeg Bizarrebq has moved down 9.7%, with a current median hammer price of £71. The bottle has been observed at auction across 488 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 Bizarrebq?

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 £70, 24-month median £71 — 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 Bizarrebq that hammers at £70 would cost the buyer approximately £88 all-in including buyer's premium.

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