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Ardbeg Lord Of The Isles

£900
14.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 17 lots a year

Auction lots

549

Houses

1

Last sold

9 days ago

Ardbeg Lord Of The Isles is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg. Based on 549 recorded auction lots across 125 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £850, with the most recent sale at £900. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £400 (low) to £1,700 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg Lord Of The Isles is £828–£972 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Ardbeg Lord Of The Isles is down 14.3%, with a 6-month trend of -5.3% (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 Lord Of The Isles is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as isleslord, 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
Lord Isles
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£900

24-month median

£850

24-month high

£1,700

24-month low

£400

Estimated value · likely range

£828–£972 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

17 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

6% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 4% of tracked bottles

Last seen

9 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

5.3%vs 6 months ago
14.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£388£1,070£1,751Mar 12Sept 14Aug 16Oct 18Oct 20Jun 23Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£9002
July 2026£9001
June 2026£9501
April 2026£9001
March 2026£9004
January 2026£1,0004
December 2025£9502
October 2025£9002
August 2025£9502
July 2025£1,0002
March 2025£1,0502
February 2025£1,0254

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ardbeg Lord Of The Isles at auction?

Ardbeg Lord Of The Isles appeared in 17 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 6% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 4% 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 Lord Of The Isles?

The latest hammer price for Ardbeg Lord Of The Isles at auction is £900. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £850, with a high of £1,700 and a low of £400. 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 Lord Of The Isles changed in value over the past year?

Ardbeg Lord Of The Isles is down 14.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 5.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Ardbeg Lord Of The Isles?

Ardbeg Lord Of The Isles 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 £850 (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 Lord Of The Isles a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Ardbeg Lord Of The Isles has moved down 14.3%, with a current median hammer price of £850. The bottle has been observed at auction across 549 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 Lord Of The Isles?

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 £900, 24-month median £850 — 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 Lord Of The Isles that hammers at £900 would cost the buyer approximately £1,134 all-in including buyer's premium.

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