The DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) holds regular auctions throughout the year, where you can bid for previously unreleased number plate registrations. About six auctions take place every year at locations across the UK. Essentially, these events are great chances to bid for some highly distinctive and collectable private number plates.

Some of these auctions sell specialised private number plates such as K1 NGS, which recently fetched a price tag of £235,000. Far more modestly, there are also private number plates up for sale which were not previously released as not enough cars were produced in a particular year to fill all the available registrations.

At a recent auction in Barnsley, for example, hundreds of private number plates ranging from 94A to 20YY were up for grabs.

Bidding in person is undoubtedly fun. But it may not always be convenient, and if you thought you had to attend to bid, think again! At Platinum Plates, for example, as a fully licensed seller of private number plates, we can secure the plates of your dreams by bidding on your behalf.

At Platinum Plates, we have full details of all the dates of DVLA auctions, and all the private number plates available at them. Have a browse and see which ones you want.

If you’d like us to put in your bid at a forthcoming auction, give us a call during office hours or fill in a form on our user-friendly web site. Get in touch today.

Private number plates are often seen on the cars of celebrities and other rich personalities. They’re even the property of royalty – Queen Elizabeth II has one of the most prestigious private number plates around, A7. You don’t have to have blue blood, though, to have private number plates, because we can offer them to you at an affordable price at Platinum Plates.

Private number plates add distinction to your motor vehicle, and give off the personality of the driver. Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, for instance, broke the bank to cement VIP 1 for his vehicle.

For the shrewd, private number plates can also bee seen as a clever investment. If you were to register private number plates that are catchy and attractive, you may get a phone call one day from an interested buyer, willing to pay more for it than you initially did. Be warned though, it isn’t any kind of way to earn a living!

You can search for a wide variety of private number plates at Platinum Plates, one of the most exclusive sites on the web for you to add personalisation to your car or other vehicle. By finding the personalised number plates you want through our search functions, you can then contact us via our website or over the phone and we’ll do the rest.

We can give you a free valuation and help to suggest different combinations of for arrangement on your private number plates. Private number plates don’t have to be for the rich and famous, they can be for anyone, thanks to platinum plates.