What a classic Mini sells for at auction

The median, the usual range and the way prices have moved, from 3,067 recorded Mini sales at public auction since 2002: which models make the most, which come up most often, and what each of them sells for.

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Part of: Mini, the full marque guide

Median sold price by year, with the dashed line restated in 2025 money. Hollow final dot: the current, incomplete year.

Median sold price £10,000

Usual range £5,710 to £16,394

Recorded sales 3,067 since 2002

Data to 10 August 2026

3,067 Minis have sold at public auction since 2002, at a median of £10,000; the middle half of them made between £5,710 and £16,394. The sale rooms see about 324 a year and 74% of the cars offered find a buyer. The Mini Cooper is the one that comes up most often, with 578 sales on record at a median of £9,914. The highest result is £182,373, paid in November 2019.

In 2025 the median classic Mini sold for £9,205 across 400 sales, 15% down on 2024. In real terms, typical classic Mini prices were down about 43% over the five years to 2025, once inflation is accounted for.

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Mini median sold price by year, nominal and adjusted for inflation
Year	Sold	Median	In 2025 money
2026 (so far)	268	£9,953
2025	400	£9,205	£9,205
2024	326	£10,860	£11,277
2023	355	£10,400	£11,160
2022	301	£11,200	£12,827
2021	239	£11,376	£14,067
2020	182	£12,706	£16,101
2019	158	£12,479	£15,975
2018	150	£11,216	£14,602
2017	145	£11,170	£14,879
2016	138	£7,117	£9,724
2015	91	£7,504	£10,356
2014	59	£8,863	£12,280
2013	41	£8,525	£11,980
2012	45	£5,980	£8,596
2011	33	£10,000	£14,744
2010	23	£9,048	£13,858
2009	24	£4,550	£7,143
2008	21	£5,850	£9,365
2007	19	£8,415	£13,941
2006	11	£3,300	£5,595
2005	12	£5,431	£9,439
2004	18	£4,570	£8,107
2003	4	£8,948	£16,099
2002	4	£6,237	£11,370

Which Mini models make the most

Not every Mini is priced alike. The Mini Cooper S sits at the top of the marque, with a median of £24,224 across 260 sales and most of them between £16,328 and £33,577. The Mini Sprite sits at the bottom at a median of £4,905, so the dearest Mini model typically makes about 5 times what the cheapest does.

Each bar runs from the quarter mark to the three-quarter mark of that marque's sales, so it covers the middle half of them and leaves out the project and the concours car. The thickest bars have three thousand sales or more behind them, the thinnest fewer than five hundred. The scale is by ratio, every gridline about three times the one before, which is the only way a Reliant and a Jaguar fit on one axis.

The busiest Mini models in the sale rooms

Auction prices by Mini model
Model	Sales	Usual range	Median	Sold prices
Mini, model not stated	621	£5,062 to £13,440	£8,512
Mini Cooper	578	£6,616 to £15,696	£9,914	By variant and year
Mini Cooper S	260	£16,328 to £33,577	£24,224	By variant and year
Mini Moke	184	£11,543 to £21,312	£15,790
Mini 1000	179	£4,042 to £8,980	£5,700
Mini Mayfair	171	£3,300 to £7,990	£5,170
Mini Clubman	87	£4,490 to £8,998	£6,303
Mini Minor	63	£6,562 to £15,842	£10,921
Mini Cooper Sport	58	£10,704 to £20,162	£14,140	By variant and year
Mini Sprite	51	£3,776 to £7,026	£4,905
Mini 850	46	£4,709 to £10,647	£7,233
Seven Mini	41	£7,795 to £13,000	£10,472

Plus 728 rarer variants with too few sales for a row of their own.

Model by model

Each of these has its own page where the figures are broken down by variant and by year, with the sold prices restated in today's money. For the cars themselves, their history and what to check before buying, the Mini guide is the place to start.

Mini Cooper Median £13,500, 1,101 sales

The latest Mini sales

£10,398 Mini Cooper 1.3 Collecting Cars, 10 August 2026
£1,966 Mini Bring A Trailer, 7 August 2026
£17,140 Mini Moke Bring A Trailer, 6 August 2026
£11,760 Mini Cooper Brightwells, 5 August 2026
£1,568 Mini Brightwells, 5 August 2026

Quick answers

Frequently asked questions

How much does a classic Mini sell for?

Across 3,067 recorded auction sales, the median classic Mini made £10,000, with most selling between £5,710 and £16,394 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices rather than valuations: condition, history and specification move any individual car well outside that range.

Which Mini is worth the most at auction?

Of the Mini models with enough sales to read, the Mini Cooper S carries the highest median: £24,224 across 260 recorded sales, most of them between £16,328 and £33,577, with the Mini Moke next at £15,790 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices for cars in every condition; a concours example of a cheaper model can still out-sell a project Mini Cooper S.

What is the cheapest way into a classic Mini?

At auction, the Mini Sprite: a median of £4,905 across 51 recorded sales, with most between £3,776 and £7,026 (as of August 2026). The bottom of that range is usually a project rather than a bargain, and a cheap car to buy is rarely a cheap car to put right.

Are classic Mini prices rising?

No, not on the evidence to 2025. Adjusted for inflation, the typical classic Mini made about 43% less in 2025 than five years earlier. The 2025 median was £9,205 across 400 sales, 15% below 2024. Those are medians across every Mini model and every condition the sale rooms see, so a single model can be moving the other way.

What is the most expensive classic Mini ever sold at auction?

The highest recorded auction result for a classic Mini is £182,373, paid in November 2019. Results like that are exceptional cars at exceptional moments; the typical range is £5,710 to £16,394.

How often does a classic Mini come up for sale?

Frequently, by classic-car standards: roughly 324 sell at auction each year, and 74% of the cars offered find a buyer. There is a steady supply, so it pays to wait for a good one rather than stretch for the first car you see.

Before you buy or sell

Buying a classic at auction
Why the hammer price is never the price, what Category S and N actually mean, why a clean-looking V5C proves less than buyers assume, and how to think about bidding on a car nobody has let you inspect.
Selling a classic privately
A private seller is not a shop, and the law knows it. Which consumer protections fall away, which three rules still bind you, why selling an unroadworthy car is an offence whoever you are, the DVLA steps that end your liability, and the payment habits that keep the money.
Agreed value insurance
The trade valuation guides insurers use do not value cars over about twenty years old, which is why a classic on a market-value policy is a claim waiting to be argued. What the Financial Ombudsman expects, what the regulator found when it looked, what agreed value actually promises, and the evidence that sets it.
What a restoration really costs
Why restoration bills reach numbers that horrify outsiders, where the money actually goes, and the practical protections that matter when handing a valuable car to a workshop for a year. Staged payments, written scope, and what happens if the business fails.

Strong evidence. 3,067 recorded sales and a dozen or more a year: the median and the range are well founded. Sold prices from public classic car auction results (2002 to 10 August 2026), not asking prices and not a valuation: a concours car and a project both sit inside these ranges, and condition, history and specification move any one car well outside them. Inflation-adjusted figures use the ONS CPIH index, in 2025 money. How to read these figures.