DVLA's January 2025 auction was an online event that ran from Wednesday 8th January to Tuesday 14th January 2025.
TOP 10
1544 C £43,312
86 OO £33,156
8000 O £32,257
7 HSK £30,267
18 UY £25,799
FSZ 1 £21,317
610 S £21,150
8 PKB £21,022
189 J £20,996
3 RGN £20,149
Prices quoted in this report include fees and taxes.
IN AT THE TOP
In this month’s Auction 1544 C ('Isaac') a Hebrew name of great joy was sold for £43,312 – meaning “He will laugh” and it probably did bring a smile to the buyer’s face.
SECOND
This visually pleasing plate, 86 OO (£33,156), came in at second place which in American English 86 means “Sold out” as this buyer did just that when the hammer went down!!
THIRD
Again, the O making its appearance in the top 5, at third place was taken by 8000 O which may be a special number to the buyer but may equally have been bought for its visual impact, making good money at £32,257.
FOURTH
We doubt the buyer of 7 HSK at £30,267, was referring to the international Chinese language proficiency test, so possibly their initials or business.
FIFTH
In at fifth place was 18 UY (£25,799) which spells 'I buy’.
Words
Not sure how this one managed to slip the net as the beady-eyed censors often pounce on plates like this, but it somehow managed to escape into the wild and into the sharp-eyed bidder who parted with £11,777 - OHS 111T !!!!
The buyer of 533 YOU (See You) was happy to say farewell to £11,713 for their chosen combination. £9081 completely disappeared from the buyer of MAG 71C (Magic)
Other words sold were THE 635T ('The best') at £7,591, BAN 96R ('Banger') at £7,168, P424 SOL ('Parasol') at £4,715, SLE 19H ('Sleigh') at £4,600 and CRA 42Y ('Crazy') at £4,587.
Names
It was a name registration that took the top spot in this months auction, but there were a lot of less expensive combinations to be had .
It would seem that the issue of 'Singh' plates is inexhaustible, with January's auction just proving this yet again. DC51 NGH (£7,938), CC51 NGH (£7,797), TE51 NGH (£7,091), KN51 NGH (£5,871) and SW51 NGH (£5,293) along with other less precise variations:
DC51 NGH
CC51 NGH
TE51 NGH
KN51 NGH
'Reuben' registrations were also available REU 66N made £6,384 and RUE 63N achieved £4,458.
Other names included AM74 NDA ('Amanda') at £16,772, RAS 117D ('Rashid") at £15,565, THO 1R ('Thor') at £9,389, NA74 HAN ('Nathan') at £9,081 and AR19 NNA at £9,068.
Miscellaneous
The symmetry combinations or repeated letters and numbers were again in abundance, particularly plates with repetitions of X and/or O/0 that are always eye-catching, and usually seem to make good money, in addition to 8000 O that we saw above, examples this month included OO60 OOO at £11,572, 176 OOO at £10,236, OOO 10W at £4,266 and E900 OOO at £3,329.
The stats
January's DVLA online auction comprised 2,000 lots, 1,966 of which were sold and 34 unsold. Purchasers spent a total of £6,254,714, delivering £5,922,299 to the Treasury.
The next DVLA timed online auction will take place from Wednesday 12th to Tuesday 18th February 2025.
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