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Littlemill 1988 Pearls Of Scotland

£240

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

16

Houses

1

Last sold

117 days ago

Littlemill 1988 Pearls Of Scotland is a collectable Scotch whisky from Littlemill. Based on 16 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £250, with the most recent sale at £240. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £145 (low) to £380 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Littlemill 1988 Pearls Of Scotland is £179–£301 26% around the latest sale).

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About Littlemill

Littlemill is a whisky distillery. Littlemill 1988 Pearls Of Scotland is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1988.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1988), 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Littlemill
Vintage
1988
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£240

24-month median

£250

24-month high

£380

24-month low

£145

Estimated value · likely range

£179–£301 ±26%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

117 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

65.5%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£141£266£391May 14May 17Apr 19Dec 23Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£2401
April 2026£2601
March 2026£2602
December 2023£3602
April 2019£3802
May 2017£2902
September 2015£1452
December 2014£1502
June 2014£1551
May 2014£1551

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Littlemill 1988 Pearls Of Scotland at auction?

Littlemill 1988 Pearls Of Scotland appeared in 4 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 22% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Littlemill 1988 Pearls Of Scotland?

The latest hammer price for Littlemill 1988 Pearls Of Scotland at auction is £240. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £250, with a high of £380 and a low of £145. 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 Pearls Of Scotland changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Littlemill 1988 Pearls Of Scotland, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £145 to £380 (median £250).

Where can I sell Littlemill 1988 Pearls Of Scotland?

Littlemill 1988 Pearls Of Scotland 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 1988 Pearls Of Scotland a good investment?

Littlemill 1988 Pearls Of Scotland has appeared in 16 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 1988 Pearls Of Scotland?

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 £240, 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 1988 Pearls Of Scotland that hammers at £240 would cost the buyer approximately £302 all-in including buyer's premium.

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