Number Plates Search
Most expensive numbers sold
- '5' - £3.5million (Dubai - 2007)
- 'M 1' - £331,500 (2006)
- 'VIP 1' - £285,000 (2006)
- '51 NGH' - £254,000 (2006)
- 'GS 1' - £258,775 (2005)
- 'K1 NGS' - £231,000 (1993)
The history behind car number plates
Did you know that car number plates have been adorning vehicles in Britain since 1903?
Legend has it that Earl Russell camped out overnight in London to ensure that he would receive the registration number A 1. However, this wasn't the first car number plate to be issued...
Click here to read a history of car number plates
Number Plate Auction - April 2007
DVLA Auction Brochure - 25th April 2007
Cover for the brochure of the DVLA number plates auction dated the 25th of April 2007. The auction was held at Shrigley Hall in Macclesfield, Cheshire.
The auction got off to a strong start with the first lot, 72 A, which had a reserve price of £2,900 and went for a total of £10,100. This was soon followed by AAD 4M, which was valued at £600 and finally sold for £13,000. 1 CCT fetched £13,800 (reserve - £3,100) whilst EAD 11E, with a reserve of £500, settled at £11,200.
Three-letter number-ones were popular at this auction, with 1 JJN (reserve £3,100) selling at £10,200 and KFP 1 (reserve £3,100) fetching £10,200. 1 LGW had a reserve price of £3,100 and finally reached £12,000 whilst 1 MEY had a similar reserve and finishing price. PFT 1, with a reserve of £3,200, commanded a final price of £10,600, as did 1 RCF with its reserve of £3,100. 1 TCW and VCB 1, both with reserves of £3,100, sold for £10,200 and £11,000 respectively.
Other high sellers included 90 JM (£10,200 - reserve £3,000), 77 GT (£10,100 - reserve £2,900), 73 J (£11,500 - reserve £3,000), 85 MB (£10,200 - reserve £3,000), 1 OSS (£10,000 - reserve £3,000) and 29 S (£13,000 - reserve £3,000).
However, the highest selling number plates at this auction were KHA 21D at £14,400 (reserve £400), 1 KPW at £15,000 (reserve £3,100), 1 JLT at £17,800 (reserve £3,100) and SSK 4 at £25,000 (reserve £2,100).
