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Ardbeg70cl

Ardbeg Committee Reserve

£650
▼ 13.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

48

Houses

1

Last sold

16 days ago

Ardbeg Committee Reserve is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg. Based on 48 recorded auction lots across 42 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £570, with the most recent sale at £650. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £260 (low) to £1,100 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg Committee Reserve is £492–£808 (±24% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Ardbeg Committee Reserve is down 13.3%, with a 6-month trend of -35% (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 Committee Reserve is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Ardbeg Committee Reserve, 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
Expression
Committee Reserve
Edition
Ardbeg Committee Reserve
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£650

24-month median

£570

24-month high

£1,100

24-month low

£260

Estimated value · likely range

£492–£808 ±24%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 36% of tracked bottles

Last seen

16 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 35%vs 6 months ago
▼ 13.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£252£693£1,133Jul 12May 15Nov 17Oct 21Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£6501
September 2026£6501
May 2025£6501
June 2022£1,1001
April 2022£1,1001
November 2021£7501
October 2021£1,0001
June 2021£8001
July 2020£6501
February 2020£7001
January 2020£6501
November 2019£7001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ardbeg Committee Reserve at auction?

Ardbeg Committee Reserve appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 36% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Ardbeg Committee Reserve?

The latest hammer price for Ardbeg Committee Reserve at auction is £650. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £570, with a high of £1,100 and a low of £260. 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 Committee Reserve changed in value over the past year?

Ardbeg Committee Reserve is down 13.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 35%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Ardbeg Committee Reserve?

Ardbeg Committee 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 £570 (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 Committee Reserve a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Ardbeg Committee Reserve has moved down 13.3%, with a current median hammer price of £570. The bottle has been observed at auction across 48 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 Committee 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 £650, 24-month median £570 — 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 Committee Reserve that hammers at £650 would cost the buyer approximately £819 all-in including buyer's premium.

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