Ardbeg 1975 Limited Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg, bottled in 1975. Based on 72 recorded auction lots across 29 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £580, with the most recent sale at £650. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £420 (low) to £900 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg 1975 Limited Edition is £577–£723 (±11% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Ardbeg 1975 Limited Edition is up 54.8%, with a 6-month trend of -13.3% (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 1975 Limited Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 1975.
Ardbeg 1975 Limited Edition is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Ardbeg rather than by built-in rarity.
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
£650
24-month median
£580
24-month high
£900
24-month low
£420
Estimated value · likely range
£577–£723 ±11%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | £650 | 2 |
| January 2024 | £800 | 2 |
| November 2023 | £700 | 2 |
| March 2023 | £900 | 2 |
| May 2021 | £650 | 2 |
| April 2021 | £750 | 2 |
| February 2021 | £750 | 2 |
| November 2020 | £600 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £650 | 3 |
| June 2020 | £567 | 6 |
| December 2019 | £500 | 1 |
| November 2019 | £500 | 3 |
The latest hammer price for Ardbeg 1975 Limited Edition at auction is £650. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £580, with a high of £900 and a low of £420. 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 1975 Limited Edition is up 54.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 13.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Ardbeg 1975 Limited Edition 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 £580 (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 1975 Limited Edition has moved up 54.8%, with a current median hammer price of £580. The bottle has been observed at auction across 72 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 £650, 24-month median £580 — 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 1975 Limited Edition that hammers at £650 would cost the buyer approximately £819 all-in including buyer's premium.
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