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Littlemill 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare

£380
▼ 13.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

35

Houses

1

Last sold

170 days ago

Littlemill 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare is a collectable Scotch whisky from Littlemill aged 30 years. Based on 35 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £500, with the most recent sale at £380. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £380 (low) to £600 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Littlemill 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare is £342–£418 (±10% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Littlemill 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare is down 13.6%, with a 6-month trend of -36.7% (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.

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About Littlemill

Littlemill is a whisky distillery. Littlemill 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old, distilled in 1988.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1988), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 30-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
Age
30 years
Vintage
1988
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£380

24-month median

£500

24-month high

£600

24-month low

£380

Estimated value · likely range

£342–£418 ±10%

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

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 25% of tracked bottles

Last seen

170 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 36.7%vs 6 months ago
▼ 13.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£369£493£618Jul 19Nov 20May 23Jul 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£3801
March 2026£3802
July 2025£4602
August 2023£4802
May 2023£5002
April 2021£5804
March 2021£6002
February 2021£6002
January 2021£5204
December 2020£5202
November 2020£5601
October 2020£5605

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Littlemill 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare at auction?

Littlemill 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare appeared in 3 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 25% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Littlemill 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare?

The latest hammer price for Littlemill 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare at auction is £380. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £500, with a high of £600 and a low of £380. 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 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare changed in value over the past year?

Littlemill 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare is down 13.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 36.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Littlemill 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare?

Littlemill 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare 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 £500 (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 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Littlemill 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare has moved down 13.6%, with a current median hammer price of £500. The bottle has been observed at auction across 35 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Littlemill 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare?

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 £380, 24-month median £500 — 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 1988 30 Year Old Old & Rare that hammers at £380 would cost the buyer approximately £479 all-in including buyer's premium.

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