Ardbeg 17 Year Old Mini 5cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg aged 17 years. Based on 88 recorded auction lots across 39 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £30, with the most recent sale at £25. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £15 (low) to £60 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg 17 Year Old Mini 5cl is £21–£29 (±17% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Ardbeg 17 Year Old Mini 5cl is up 25%, with a 6-month trend of -16.7% (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 17 Year Old Mini 5cl is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old.
Named / limited release
Released as mini, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.
Non-standard format
Bottled in a 50ml format rather than the standard 700ml, which sets it apart from the regular run.
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
£25
24-month median
£30
24-month high
£60
24-month low
£15
Estimated value · likely range
£21–£29 ±17%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | £25 | 1 |
| May 2026 | £20 | 1 |
| February 2026 | £25 | 2 |
| May 2025 | £45 | 2 |
| February 2025 | £25 | 2 |
| December 2024 | £50 | 2 |
| October 2024 | £30 | 2 |
| September 2024 | £25 | 2 |
| August 2024 | £20 | 2 |
| July 2024 | £30 | 2 |
| June 2024 | £30 | 2 |
| December 2023 | £25 | 2 |
The latest hammer price for Ardbeg 17 Year Old Mini 5cl at auction is £25. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £30, with a high of £60 and a low of £15. 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 17 Year Old Mini 5cl is up 25% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 16.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Ardbeg 17 Year Old Mini 5cl 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 £30 (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 17 Year Old Mini 5cl has moved up 25%, with a current median hammer price of £30. The bottle has been observed at auction across 88 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 £25, 24-month median £30 — 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 17 Year Old Mini 5cl that hammers at £25 would cost the buyer approximately £32 all-in including buyer's premium.
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