DVLA Auction of Personal Number Plates - November 2008

DVLA held its final auction of personal number plates for 2008 at Tankersley Manor, Barnsley last week.

The top prices were:

1 RH - £196,000
87 A - £14,800
1 MND - £12,200
80 T - £11,600
1 MWA - £11,000
49 M - £11,000
CHR 151S - £11,000
833 TLE - £10,700
1 SNG - £10,300
87 SB - £10,100
SC07 LND - £10,000
8055 S - £9,600
87 MS - £9,200
39 S - £9,000
JAC 1K - £8,700

1 RH was widely tipped to be the registration to watch, but I think quite a few people were surprised by how much money it actually sold for. Three hundred and eleven registrations remained unsold after failing to receive an opening bid. Again nearly four hundred registrations sold at reserve price to keep the bargain hunters happy.

There was no disputing the bargain of the auction though. 47 P was offered at 8:50am on the Thursday morning and sold for £3,900 hammer price to a lucky bidder in the auction hall. Unfortunately there was a technical problem which prevented the internet bidders from joining in for this special number. To avoid offending any readers we will not print the comments made by certain dealers when they realised how much 47 P sold for.

The first auction of 2009 will once again be popular with the inclusion of 1 HRH, 3 S and 1 O. There may well be new records set for prices of personal number plates judging by the interest shown already.