Ardbeg 21 Year Old Darkness! 50cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardbeg aged 21 years. Based on 9 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £135, with the most recent sale at £120. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £120 (low) to £185 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ardbeg 21 Year Old Darkness! 50cl is £104–£136 (±13% around the latest sale).
Ardbeg is a whisky distillery. Ardbeg 21 Year Old Darkness! 50cl is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old.
Age statement
A 21-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as darkness, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.
Non-standard format
Bottled in a 500ml 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
£120
24-month median
£135
24-month high
£185
24-month low
£120
Estimated value · likely range
£104–£136 ±13%
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 | £120 | 1 |
| October 2025 | £130 | 1 |
| June 2023 | £170 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £140 | 1 |
| May 2018 | £130 | 1 |
| May 2017 | £165 | 1 |
| July 2016 | £185 | 1 |
| March 2016 | £135 | 1 |
| October 2015 | £125 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Ardbeg 21 Year Old Darkness! 50cl at auction is £120. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £135, with a high of £185 and a low of £120. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Ardbeg 21 Year Old Darkness! 50cl, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £120 to £185 (median £135).
Ardbeg 21 Year Old Darkness! 50cl 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 £135 (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%.
Ardbeg 21 Year Old Darkness! 50cl has appeared in 9 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £135. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £120, 24-month median £135 — 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 21 Year Old Darkness! 50cl that hammers at £120 would cost the buyer approximately £151 all-in including buyer's premium.
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