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Ardbeg Committee Reserve 2002

£650
16.1%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

27

Houses

2

Last sold

26 days ago

Ardbeg Committee Reserve 2002 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg. Based on 27 recorded auction lots across 14 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £625, with the most recent sale at £650. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £280 (low) to £1,200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg Committee Reserve 2002 is £551–£749 15% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Ardbeg Committee Reserve 2002 is up 16.1%, with a 6-month trend of -13.3% (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 Committee Reserve 2002 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2002.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2002), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as committeereserve, 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
Vintage
2002
Edition
Committee Reserve
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£650

24-month median

£625

24-month high

£1,200

24-month low

£280

Estimated value · likely range

£551–£749 ±15%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Trend

17% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Bonhams

Cross-house median

£600

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 Auctions25£650£650
Bonhams2£360£360
13.3%vs 6 months ago
16.1%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£272£754£1,236Feb 13Dec 20Dec 22May 24

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£6501
June 2026£3602
March 2026£5202
September 2025£6002
July 2025£5602
January 2025£5802
October 2024£7502
May 2024£1,0002
December 2023£1,2002
December 2022£1,0002
February 2021£7002
December 2020£7502

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ardbeg Committee Reserve 2002 at auction?

Ardbeg Committee Reserve 2002 appeared in 7 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 17% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 13% 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 Committee Reserve 2002?

The latest hammer price for Ardbeg Committee Reserve 2002 at auction is £650. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £625, with a high of £1,200 and a low of £280. 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 2002 changed in value over the past year?

Ardbeg Committee Reserve 2002 is up 16.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 13.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Ardbeg Committee Reserve 2002?

Ardbeg Committee Reserve 2002 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 £625 (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 2002 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Ardbeg Committee Reserve 2002 has moved up 16.1%, with a current median hammer price of £625. The bottle has been observed at auction across 27 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 2002?

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 £625 — 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 2002 that hammers at £650 would cost the buyer approximately £819 all-in including buyer's premium.

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