Auction of cherished number plates held September 2008
The fifth auction of cherished number plates of 2008 was held at the Haycock Hotel, PeterBorough on the 24th,25th and 26th of September 2008. The auction was organized by Premier Motor Auctions on behalf of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority. In total, bids were more or less the same as the last auction at £3,120,100 net of VAT, auctioneer’s commission and transfer fee.
Top selling registration number sold was 6B, the first single letter single number registration to be included in such an auction for some time. 6B brought a staggering £102,200 on the hammer and may seem expensive until you know F1 brought £440,000 recently. Next highest was OWN 1T which brought £26,200. BOR 11S which had been tipped for the new Mayor of London only brought £5400.
There were 238 registrations unsold. This is broadly in line with the previous auction which is surprising considering the current economic downturn seems to be worsening.
The next auction is due to take place on the 19th, 20th and 21st of November at Tankersley Manor, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Catalogues can be downloaded from the DVLA sale of marks website. You must register to be eligible to bid.
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Personalised Number Plates Information
Due to the unique nature of private number plates, for example "car registrations are not items of property in their own right. They are assigned, and may be withdrawn by the Secretary of State. They are assigned to the vehicle rather than its keeper" and many of the car registrations we have available to us involve a third party, therefore unless the registration you are interested in is one of our own stock cherished number plates it is subject to current availability. Similarly we rely on these third parties to inform us that it has been sold. If you see "your" cherished number plate on our website and it should not be there, we would welcome your feedback so that we can rectify the mistake. With regard to the Distance Selling Regulations, we must notify you that as the contract will begin as soon as payment is made, the cooling off period and right to cancel will no longer apply. This website contains cherished number plates from our own stock,car registrations where we are acting as an agent and unissued government stock.We reserve the right to withdraw from sale or change the price of any private number plate without notice. All personalised number plates on this website are subject to availability, D.O.T. transfer fee and some are also subject to V.A.T. at the rate currently set by the government. Additional costs are sometimes applicable for the transfer of personalised number plates to N.Ireland... E.&.O.E.
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