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Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Committee Release)

£260
4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 41 lots a year

Auction lots

1,195

Houses

2

Last sold

9 days ago

Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Committee Release) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg. Based on 1195 recorded auction lots across 117 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £244, with the most recent sale at £260. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £135 (low) to £440 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Committee Release) is £239–£281 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Committee Release) is up 4%, with a 6-month trend of +16.4% (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 - Dark Cove (Committee Release) is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as committeecovedark, 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
Dark Cove Committee
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£260

24-month median

£244

24-month high

£440

24-month low

£135

Estimated value · likely range

£239–£281 ±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

41 lots

Cadence

≈ 3 per month

Trend

24% 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

£249

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 Auctions229£260£247
Whisky Hammer15£200£270
16.4%vs 6 months ago
4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£131£292£453Apr 16Nov 17Jul 19May 21Feb 23Sept 24Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2604
July 2026£2506
June 2026£2301
May 2026£2005
April 2026£2264
March 2026£2604
February 2026£2236
January 2026£2202
November 2025£2504
October 2025£2503
September 2025£2702
August 2025£2704

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Committee Release) at auction?

Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Committee Release) appeared in 41 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is down 24% 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 - Dark Cove (Committee Release)?

The latest hammer price for Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Committee Release) at auction is £260. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £244, with a high of £440 and a low of £135. 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 - Dark Cove (Committee Release) changed in value over the past year?

Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Committee Release) is up 4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 16.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Committee Release)?

Ardbeg - Dark Cove (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 £244 (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 - Dark Cove (Committee Release) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Committee Release) has moved up 4%, with a current median hammer price of £244. The bottle has been observed at auction across 1195 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 - Dark Cove (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 £260, 24-month median £244 — 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 - Dark Cove (Committee Release) that hammers at £260 would cost the buyer approximately £328 all-in including buyer's premium.

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