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Ardbeg Galileo

£170
12.1%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 63 lots a year

Auction lots

1,850

Houses

2

Last sold

9 days ago

Ardbeg Galileo is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg. Based on 1850 recorded auction lots across 160 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £165, with the most recent sale at £170. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £80 (low) to £290 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg Galileo is £156–£184 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Ardbeg Galileo is down 12.1%, with a 6-month trend of +12.4% (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 Galileo is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as galileo, 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
Galileo
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£170

24-month median

£165

24-month high

£290

24-month low

£80

Estimated value · likely range

£156–£184 ±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

63 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per week

Trend

30% 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

£170

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 Auctions319£170£166
Whisky Hammer26£150£200
12.4%vs 6 months ago
12.1%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£78£188£299Oct 12Feb 15Apr 17Jul 19Nov 21Feb 24May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1705
July 2026£1655
June 2026£1602
May 2026£1485
April 2026£1803
March 2026£1677
February 2026£15117
December 2025£1636
November 2025£1805
October 2025£2103
September 2025£1855
August 2025£17611

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ardbeg Galileo at auction?

Ardbeg Galileo appeared in 63 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is down 30% 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 Galileo?

The latest hammer price for Ardbeg Galileo at auction is £170. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £165, with a high of £290 and a low of £80. 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 Galileo changed in value over the past year?

Ardbeg Galileo is down 12.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 12.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Ardbeg Galileo?

Ardbeg Galileo 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 £165 (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 Galileo a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Ardbeg Galileo has moved down 12.1%, with a current median hammer price of £165. The bottle has been observed at auction across 1850 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 Galileo?

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 £170, 24-month median £165 — 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 Galileo that hammers at £170 would cost the buyer approximately £214 all-in including buyer's premium.

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