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Ardmore Traditional Cask

£20
25.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 24 lots a year

Auction lots

16

Houses

2

Last sold

10 days ago

Ardmore Traditional Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardmore. Based on 16 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £27, with the most recent sale at £20. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £20 (low) to £40 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardmore Traditional Cask is £18–£22 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Ardmore Traditional Cask is down 25.9%, with a 6-month trend of -20% (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 Ardmore

Ardmore is a whisky distillery. Ardmore Traditional Cask is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as casktraditional, 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
Ardmore
Edition
Traditional Cask
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£20

24-month median

£27

24-month high

£40

24-month low

£20

Estimated value · likely range

£18–£22 ±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

24 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

26% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 3% of tracked bottles

Last seen

10 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£30

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 Auctions118£30£30
Whisky Hammer16£20£27
20%vs 6 months ago
25.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£19£30£41Nov 21Oct 22Apr 23Apr 24Jun 25Nov 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£201
April 2026£272
March 2026£271
January 2026£201
November 2025£201
July 2025£301
June 2025£251
December 2024£291
April 2024£351
December 2023£401
April 2023£271
March 2023£251

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ardmore Traditional Cask at auction?

Ardmore Traditional Cask appeared in 24 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 26% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 3% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Ardmore Traditional Cask?

The latest hammer price for Ardmore Traditional Cask at auction is £20. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £27, with a high of £40 and a low of £20. 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 Ardmore Traditional Cask changed in value over the past year?

Ardmore Traditional Cask is down 25.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 20%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Ardmore Traditional Cask?

Ardmore Traditional Cask 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 £27 (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 Ardmore Traditional Cask a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Ardmore Traditional Cask has moved down 25.9%, with a current median hammer price of £27. The bottle has been observed at auction across 16 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 Ardmore Traditional Cask?

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 £20, 24-month median £27 — 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 Ardmore Traditional Cask that hammers at £20 would cost the buyer approximately £25 all-in including buyer's premium.

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