The third major number plate auction of 2010 took place last week at Whittlebury Hall in Towcester, Northamptonshire.
Highest prices paid:
7 O - £65,500
10 OOO - £42,200
77 M - £24,500
1 KMW - £17,200
1 EPS - £15,000
1 TWN - £14,400
786 CH - £13,000
81 H - £12,200
SHG 1 - £12,000
84 S - £11,100
1 HSN - £11,000
VSB 1 - £10,600
88 P - £9,700
All prices are hammer prices and do not include buyers premium, v.a.t. or the £80 DVLA transfer fee.
Of the 1500 registrations available, 356 sold at the reserve or opening bid price. 111 registrations remained unsold after failing to get a bid.
Again we witnessed that it only takes two determined bidders to make an auction successful. The personal number plate 10 OOO could have sold for £14,000. A telephone bidder clearly intent on securing this particular number plate continued to bid against a written bid which had been submitted prior to the sale. Eventually the written bid was taken out and the anonymous telephone bidder now has the pleasure of displaying 10 OOO on his or her car for a hammer price of £42,200.
At Simply Registrations we also managed to secure some very attractive registrations for our clients and also for our own stock. Have a look at the cherished number plates we have available and see if anything catches your eye. Hopefully we can then include a photograph of your car in our number plates gallery having transformed its appearance.
The Personal Number Plates UK blog is a series of posts containing general personal number plate information. Find out which number plates sold for the highest prices at the DVLA Personalised Registrations Auctions. This blog will be of interest to anyone who already has a personal number plate, or anyone who is thinking about buying a personal number plate.
4 June 2010
BBC TV Documentary - Personal Number Plates
The BBC is making a TV documentary about personal number plates. It is a one off episode for the Inside Out Series which will be broadcast in the East Midlands region.
Presenter Des Coleman went along to the DVLA Auction at Whittlebury Hall in Towcester today. The film crew accompanied him and they recorded footage which will be included in the documentary.
Des assisted the auctioneers by joining them on the rostrum to offer the number plate R34 DES. Des did a great job and one of the auctioneers said after watching Des's performance on the rostrum, he now feared for his job!
The special episode of Inside Out will be broadcast in the Autumn of 2010.
Presenter Des Coleman went along to the DVLA Auction at Whittlebury Hall in Towcester today. The film crew accompanied him and they recorded footage which will be included in the documentary.
Des assisted the auctioneers by joining them on the rostrum to offer the number plate R34 DES. Des did a great job and one of the auctioneers said after watching Des's performance on the rostrum, he now feared for his job!
The special episode of Inside Out will be broadcast in the Autumn of 2010.
2 June 2010
Gunman Flees West Cumbria - Number Plate ND55 ZFC
A crazed gunman is on the loose in West Cumbria having shot and killed several people. Police have released details of the car he is believed to be driving, a grey Citroen Picasso with the number plate ND55 ZFC.
Due to the vast network of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras, police should be able to track his every move whilst ever he travels in his car. The gunman is believed to be Derrick Bird, a 52 year old taxi driver from the Cumbria area. He is said to be armed with a shotgun.
Most people only ever think of ANPR cameras being in place to catch speeding motorists. Hopefully on this occasion the cameras will enable police to catch their suspect as quickly as possible.
Anyone who sees Bird, who is armed with a shotgun, should dial 999 immediately.
Due to the vast network of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras, police should be able to track his every move whilst ever he travels in his car. The gunman is believed to be Derrick Bird, a 52 year old taxi driver from the Cumbria area. He is said to be armed with a shotgun.
Most people only ever think of ANPR cameras being in place to catch speeding motorists. Hopefully on this occasion the cameras will enable police to catch their suspect as quickly as possible.
Anyone who sees Bird, who is armed with a shotgun, should dial 999 immediately.
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