The DVLA's May 2023 auction was an another online event which ran from Wednesday 10th May until Tuesday 16th May 2023.
TOP 10
(Prices are hammer prices, before added fees):
5 PS = £73010
82 O = £70000
41 OVE = £37510
180 Y = £37060
4 SUV = £31100
8888 A = £22010
MSS 13 = £21060
96 OO = £21000
1 TKH = £17910
911 WAX = £17000
THE TREND FINALLY STOPPED?
The highest performer was 5 PS, which achieved an all-in price of £93,825. All the other single-digit PS registrations were sold at DVLA auctions in the 1990s, except 1 PS, which sold for £22,000 in 1995, the single-digit PS registrations in those earlier auction sales sold for less than £7000 each, which just goes to show how much the value of these plates has increased since then.
As the last 6 auctions had a O as the highest performer, but it was not to be at this auction as in second place was 82 O at £89,960, which did beat the £54,021 paid for 197 O and £75,194 achieved by 46 O earlier this year.
Somebody definately fell in Love with 41 OVE at £48,243 appealing to a romantic as 'for love' or a Mr or Ms Love possibly. And ‘oh boy’ did 180 Y make a great price at £47,665.
4 SUV (£40,012) could be a reference to a sports utility vehicle. A good plate for a 4x4 dealership? MSS 13 (£27,121) would be a good plate for a Miss B, while JOD 11C (£21,343) works nicely for Jodi C, although the price seems a little higher than we'd have expected. GEO 69E (£10,814) may have been bought by a George and CHR 41S (£10,288) by a Chris.
A total of 2472 plates were sold and 28 numbers unsold. A total of £7,658,095, of which £7,170,036 went to DVLA/government.
The next DVLA auction is a live event and will run from Wednesday 21st June to Friday
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