Personal Number Plates Auction Results - December 2010

The final auction of DVLA Personalised Registrations for 2010 took place in Warwickshire last month.

Highest Prices:

75 M - £39,000
11 O - £33,800
1 VEC - £16,000
1 TDW - £15,800
GTO 599F - £15,700
1 NSW - £15,500
24 YD - £15,300
11 GUN - £15,200
BAH 7A - £15,000
91 V - £15,000
99 G - £14,200

Prices shown are actual hammer prices. These do not include the transfer fee, v.a.t. or buyers premium.

Of the 1500 registrations offered for sale over the three days of the auction, 209 failed to get a bid and remained unsold. 384 registrations were sold at the opening bid or reserve price.

The personal number plate 4 OOO was supposed to be one of the stars of the show but it only managed to get a rather average sales price of £8,000. 75 M was the surprise of the show after it was bid up to £39,000. Someone appears to have paid a high price when you consider 79 M sold at the previous auction for a hammer price of £12,000.

The dealers continued to buy heavily taking a large percentage of the registrations on offer in for their own stock. It is only three weeks until the next auction where after a quiet December and a slow start to January on the sales side, there could be bargains to be had. Will this finally be the auction that prices start to soften a little?

Standby for the next after-sales report from the DVLA Auction of Personalised Registrations which will be held in Manchester during the first week of February 2011. If you can't wait until then have a browse of the private number plates available for sale at the main simplyreg.com website.