DVLA's November 2023 auction was again an online event that ran from Wednesday 22nd November to Tuesday 28th November (inclusive).
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TOP 10 |
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BSK 1 |
£68,145 |
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151 AM |
£40,539 |
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HAY 9R |
£38,600 |
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992 ST |
£35,467 |
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1 XAM |
£32,206 |
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150 A |
£32,193 |
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11 PAV |
£29,625 |
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7 XW |
£29,368 |
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9 XV |
£28,983 |
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9 TOY |
£27,057 |
All prices listed include fees and taxes.
Number plate market still strong for 2024?
This auction saw buyers spending a little more, despite the proximity to Christmas, or maybe because of it. The top price was achieved by a number one initials plate, BSK 1, at £68,145, which was just under £20,000 more than the highest price paid at the live Auction held in October.
Next on the list was 151 AM ("Islam") at £40,539, with third place to HAY 9R ("Hayer") which made £38,600, fourth was taken by 992 ST (£35,467), surely acquired for its Porsche reference, and in fifth place was 1 XAM (£32,206).
Name number plates
As we saw above, "Islam" and "Hayer" were the first name registrations in the rankings. Of course, "Islam" could also have been purchased as a reference to the faith. The next apparent name number was 44 YUB (Aayub) in 16th place overall at £22,743. Other names that sold included D47 CEY ("Darcey") at £10,352, DNE 4L ("D Neal" or "O'Neal") at £9,646, PAU 111B ("Paul B") at £9,119, H46 RRY ("Harry") at £7,797, RD51 NGH ("R D Singh") also at £7,797 and BR20 OWN ("Brown") at £6,513.
Interesting plate prices?
There was, for sure, some interesting plates with even more interesting prices... The top sum paid for a recognisable word was GH05 STT ("ghost") which went for £21,279. 247 GAS (£20,637) obviously spells "gas" but we have no idea if it was purchased for that by a business wanting to advertise 24/7 service, or if it was chosen as an initials plate. FUS 3D ("fused") sold for £12,933. HAG 911S (£9,338) works as "haggis" or as a Porsche plate for someone with the initials HAG. Our personal favourite out of all of them has to be 247 GAS as this is just perfect for a gas business etc.
The stats
November's DVLA online auction comprised 2,500 lots, 2,467 of which were sold and 33 unsold. Purchasers spent a total of £6,822,543, delivering £4,864,164 to the treasury.
The first auction of 2024 will start on Wednesday, 10 Jan 2024 10:00 AM and ends on Tuesday, 16 Jan 2024.
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