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DVLA Number Plates Online Auction Closed

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

Bidding has now ended on the latest dvla number plates auction. Nine hundred and ninety nine lotts were offered for sale. Bidding commenced on of 23rd June for this online only auction. Over 210 dvla number plates failed to attract any bidds and therefore went unsold.

The highest priced dvla number plate that sold in the auction was Lot347 GRA 1M £5,520, the following lots also generate significant interest.

Lot 37 AKH 11L £3,750
Lot 43 ALX 1M £3,110
Lot 75 219 ASH £3,130
Lot 79 181 AS £3,510
Lot 233 121 DM £4,250
Lot 343 181 GM £3,020
Lot347 GRA 1M £5,520
Lot 350 211 GS £3,020
Lot 335 121 GB £3,250
LOT 429 303 JC £3,330
Lot 456 243 JP £3,020
Lot 460 603 JS £5,210
Lot 462 96 JSD £3,610
Lot 491 KAM 24N £3,010
Lot 511 KMR 4N £3,200
Lot 575 MAC 10K £4,810
Lot 752 RAM 29N £3,210
Lot 833 SMA 11K £3,390
Lot 772 181 RS £3,730
Lot 774 RUB 1P £3,410
Lot 801 181 SB £3,830

The next dvla number plates auction is on 4th,5th & 6th of August at the Heritage Motor Centre, Warwickshire. There are 1500 private number plates entered in the the dvla auction.

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1500 DVLA Number Plates For Auction

Monday, July 12th, 2010

There will be an auction next month of dvla number plates to be held at the Heritage Motor Centre Gaydon in Warwickshire. Set in around 65 acres of countryside, the centre is one of Warkwickshire’s premier venues, situated next to the Heritage Motor Museum that boasts the worlds finest collection of historic British cars. The three day event will see some 1500 private number plates offered for sale. The DVLA auction is one of six held throughout the year.

The DVLA auction consists of car registration numbers that have previously been unissued. Registrations cannot be purchased prior to the auction. If any registration number fails to meet it’s reserve price then it will remain unsold. In addition to the hammer price there are other associated costs including VAT, auctioneers buyer premium and department of transport fee. These all equate to approximately twenty five percent extra.

Out of all the dvla number plates the star of the show might well be lot 1024 car registration number 8 O. In recent auctions the other “O” series numbers have generated significant attention and substantial prices culminating with 1 O reaching £170,000 plus additional fees in January 2009. 8 O is the only remaining unissued single digit dvla number plate.

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Buying Cherished Number Plates at Auction

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Following the recent DVLA auction of the cherished number plate “1 OOO” for a whopping £80,000 blasting its £8,000 reserve out of the water, the ‘O’ series looks set to storm the private registration world. The “1 O” plate was the first of the triple O series to be auctioned and with its staggering result, the follow-up auctions of the rest of its OOO family look set to follow soon.

The purchaser of the unique “1 OOO” number plate described his purchase as a valuable investment and believes in the right market it could be worth far more than the £80,000 he found himself coughing up. Other high profit makers included the registrations “1 LFD” and “1 TEO” both costing their buyers a hefty £20,000 each.

The number plate “2 OOO” is set to make its mark at the next auction on Wednesday 24th  March 2010 at Manchester United’s football ground, Old Trafford. However, DVLA spokespeople have hinted that the selling of this unique number plate could be shadowed by the elusive sale of the number plate “9 O”. Its fellow family members, “1 O” through to “6 O” have already been sold for considerable amounts.

The potential for private registration numbers to fetch large sums is quite evident here and they can make invaluable investments for many people. However, your very own cherished number plate doesn’t have to cost you a small fortune and can still have exactly the same personal effect as some of the more costly ones. That’s why Platinum Plates offer you the best service in private number plates with a service extending over 10 years from 1998.

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October DVLA Number Plate Auction

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Last week saw the penultimate DVLA number plate auction of the year. The number plate auction was held at Dormy House Hotel, Broadway, Worcestershire. Prior to the auction there was up raw regarding two of the number plates that were entered. The registrations were considered to cause offense to the gay community. As a result the Driver and Vehicle licensing Agency (DVLA) withdrew F4 GOT & D1 KES from the sale.
The two DVLA number plates still appeared in the catalogue for the auction but when the lots came up the auctioneer announced that they are no longer for sale. That said there were nearly 1600 private number plates that were included.
The star of the auction was lot 1068 cherished number plate 5 O, this was the opening lot on Friday, the last day of the sale. The registration number was sold for a staggering £71,000 plus VAT, assignment fees and auctioneers premiums. Proving that even in a less than buoyant economy, DVLA number plates, continue to command premium prices.

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DVLA Number Plates Auction

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

The next auction of DVLA Number Plates will be held on 7th,8th & 9th October 2009 at Dormy House Hotel, Broadway, Worcestershire. Dormy House is a 17th Century farmhouse on the outskirts of the pictiuresque Cotswold town of Broadway which is one of the most beautiful villages in England. It was once used as the main staging post between London and Worcester. The venue is penultimate DVLA number plates auction for 2009. The final DVLA number Plate Auction of the year is at Tankersley Manor, Barnsley South Yorkshire in December.

The DVLA number Plate auction commences with private number plates 93 A and is followed by 1599 others. There are many desirable private number plates included in the sale. The star of the show will almost certainly be lot 1068, private number plate 5 O, which opens the F11 NAL day of the DVLA number plate auction.

BAG 666Y may well appeal to a West Bromwich Albion fan bidding to secure a new DVLA Number Plate. Mr Singh may well be interested in H151 NGH, which will be a good bit cheaper than 51 NGH which sold at a DVLA number plates auction in April 2006 for £201,000.

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Buying dvla number plates

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Over that last seven years motorists have spent £571,000,000 on DVLA number plates. It is estimated that the Driver and Vehicle licensening Authority generates around a quarter of a million pounds a day from personalised number plates revenue.

2008 was a record year for the DVLA auctions with 1D selling for £352,411. The previous record for a registration number sold at auction was 51NGH which sold for £254,000 in 2006. One motorist paid £51,500 for dvla number plate 1 RAN and another parted with £27,200 for the personalised number plate WEL 5H.

I guess DVLA number plates at auction are like everything else in life, something is worth what someone will pay for it. If there are two or more parties interested in a personalised number plate the price can increase quickly in the bidder’s test of determination.

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Number Plate Auction

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

The appeal of personalised number plates is becoming a worldwide phenomenon. We have recently reported details from a recent number plate auction in India and are please to expand the news to include a sale last month in New South Wales.

The number plates were sold in a special number plate auction held by Shannon’s on behalf of the RTA, New South Wales equivalent of the DVLA. The revenue generated from the private number plates that were sold scooped a whopping $2.4 Million and surpassed all expectations. The top private number plate fetched $115,000 for a three number combination, 215. The same bidder also secured private number plate 214, a mere snip at $110,000.

The purely numeric format obviously makes it harder to make a personal number plate compared to our own DVLA number plates, that said presumably 214 & 215 had significance to the buyer if he parted with $225,000.

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Personal Number Plate Auction

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

An Indian business man has forked out 415,000 Indian rupees for personal number plate CH-04-K-0001. In India this is a ton of cash, converted to British Pounds it is about £5,243.00 which although a lot of money, it’s a pretty unremarkable figure in UK personal number plates terms.

The new owner, Harjinder Singh Pannu, bought this personal number plate for his Audi on Wednesday at the auction held by the Registering and Licenseing Authority (RLA). India’s equivalent to our very own Driver and vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA). There were 36 personal number plates entered in the auction which is reported to have raised 1,763,000 rupees.

The desirability of the personal number plates entered in this auction no doubt creates a stir in India. Honestly speaking they look pretty naff to me, not the quality we are used to seeing at the DVLA auctions. The quantity of personal number plates offered is minute compared to our auctions. The next DVLA auction has 1600 car registration numbers entered with private number plates like 4 O entered in it.

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DVLA Auction Countdown

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

There is only a few weeks remaining until the next dvla auction of personalised number plates. The auction is going to take place at the RBS F1 Conference centre in Wantage Oxfordshire. Perspective bidders need to start thinking about how to make their bids, as time to register is running out.

It is not necessary to attend the dvla auction personally to bid for a personalised number plate. There are a variety of ways to submit a bid. The auctioneers can accept telephone bids during the auction subject to available slots. You can also submit a written bid in advance of the dvla auction.

If you can’t attend the auction personally and wish to have a truly independent representation, most personalised number plate dealers offer an auction bidding service. The dealer will represent you and will bid on your behalf. Obviously there is a fee for their DVLA auction bidding service, but when you offset that against travelling time, expenses and possibly having to use your annual leave to attend yourself. The fee is likely to be good value.

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DVLA number plates sealed Bid Sale

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

The third DVLA number plates sealed bid sale has now concluded and the successful bidders have had the happy news. Although there were several lots unsold, the overall feel of the results is that the popularity of DVLA number plates continues to thrive despite the economic downturn.

The top prices achieved were for lot 995, car registration number YUL 1A, reached £10,110 that was equalled only by Lot 131, 121 CHE £10,110. Other notable lots were 906, UBA 1D sold for £7,000, lot 649, NAG 1K £5200.

The next DVLA number plates sale will be the auction of 1600 car registration numbers which is to be held on the 4th,5th & 6th of August at the RBS Williams Conference Centre, Wantage, Oxfordshire

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