Ardbeg 1978 1998 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg, bottled in 1998. Based on 60 recorded auction lots across 50 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £415, with the most recent sale at £400. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £175 (low) to £650 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg 1978 1998 Release is £343–£457 (±14% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Ardbeg 1978 1998 Release is down 9.1%, with a 6-month trend of -23.1% (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 1978 1998 Release is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1978, released in 1998.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1978), so the available batch is inherently finite.
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
£400
24-month median
£415
24-month high
£650
24-month low
£175
Estimated value · likely range
£343–£457 ±14%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £400 | 1 |
| December 2025 | £400 | 2 |
| October 2025 | £400 | 1 |
| January 2025 | £440 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £500 | 1 |
| May 2024 | £580 | 1 |
| December 2023 | £520 | 1 |
| January 2021 | £540 | 1 |
| December 2020 | £505 | 4 |
| October 2020 | £500 | 1 |
| August 2020 | £460 | 1 |
| June 2020 | £420 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Ardbeg 1978 1998 Release at auction is £400. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £415, with a high of £650 and a low of £175. 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 1978 1998 Release is down 9.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 23.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Ardbeg 1978 1998 Release 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 £415 (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 1978 1998 Release has moved down 9.1%, with a current median hammer price of £415. The bottle has been observed at auction across 60 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 £400, 24-month median £415 — 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 1978 1998 Release that hammers at £400 would cost the buyer approximately £504 all-in including buyer's premium.
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