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Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice

£250

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

10

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Littlemill aged 28 years. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £250, with the most recent sale at £250. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £200 (low) to £320 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice is £223–£278 11% around the latest sale).

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About Littlemill

Littlemill is a whisky distillery. Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice is an age-stated bottling at 28 years old, distilled in 1985.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1985), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 28-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice, 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
Littlemill
Expression
1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice
Age
28 years
Vintage
1985
Edition
Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£250

24-month median

£250

24-month high

£320

24-month low

£200

Estimated value · likely range

£223–£278 ±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.

Market presence

last 12 months

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

8.7%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£194£262£330Sept 19Dec 20Oct 22Apr 24Feb 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2501
May 2026£2901
February 2025£2501
April 2024£2901
October 2022£3201
December 2020£2501
February 2020£2301
November 2019£2001
October 2019£2901
September 2019£2301

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice at auction?

Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 39% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice?

The latest hammer price for Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice at auction is £250. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £250, with a high of £320 and a low of £200. 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 Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £200 to £320 (median £250).

Where can I sell Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice?

Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice 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 £250 (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 Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice a good investment?

Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £250. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice?

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 £250, 24-month median £250 — 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 Littlemill 1985 28 Year Old The Coopers Choice that hammers at £250 would cost the buyer approximately £315 all-in including buyer's premium.

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