Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Distillery Release) Whisky Auction is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg. Based on 19 recorded auction lots across 19 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £190, with the most recent sale at £130. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £120 (low) to £330 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Distillery Release) Whisky Auction is £109–£151 (±16% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Distillery Release) Whisky Auction is down 60.6%, with a 6-month trend of -10.3% (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.
Ardbeg is a whisky distillery. Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Distillery Release) Whisky Auction is a no-age-statement bottling.
Named / limited release
Released as covedark, 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.
Latest sale
£130
24-month median
£190
24-month high
£330
24-month low
£120
Estimated value · likely range
£109–£151 ±16%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £130 | 1 |
| February 2026 | £140 | 1 |
| December 2025 | £150 | 1 |
| October 2025 | £120 | 1 |
| May 2025 | £130 | 1 |
| February 2025 | £140 | 1 |
| November 2024 | £145 | 1 |
| September 2024 | £190 | 1 |
| May 2024 | £190 | 1 |
| October 2023 | £210 | 1 |
| June 2023 | £190 | 1 |
| May 2023 | £200 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Distillery Release) Whisky Auction at auction is £130. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £190, with a high of £330 and a low of £120. 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.
Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Distillery Release) Whisky Auction is down 60.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 10.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Distillery Release) Whisky Auction 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 £190 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Ardbeg - Dark Cove (Distillery Release) Whisky Auction has moved down 60.6%, with a current median hammer price of £190. The bottle has been observed at auction across 19 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.
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 £130, 24-month median £190 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 (Distillery Release) Whisky Auction that hammers at £130 would cost the buyer approximately £164 all-in including buyer's premium.
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