Released on: February 28, 2008, 4:07 am

Press Release Author: Malcolm Forster

Industry: Automotive

Press Release Summary: The DVLA held the first auction of previously unissued car
registrations at Ardencote Manor , Claverdon, Warwickshire and began the year with
another successful auction of 1499 attractive personalised car registration numbers.


Press Release Body: Morpeth, UK, Feb 28, 2008--The DVLA held the first auction of
2008 of previously unissued car registrations on Thursday 21st February and Friday
the 22nd of February at Ardencote Manor , Claverdon, Warwickshire and began the year
with another successful auction of 1499 attractive personalised car registration
numbers. Bidding can be achieved in person by attending the auction, or by their
website, by telephone or postal bid. This sale achieved bids of £4042100 (but with
vat and transfer fees it came to nearer £5million) and brought the total income to
the treasury since the very first auction to approximately £1.25 billion. The
registration numbers auctioned were all previously unissued i.e. had never been
assigned to a vehicle before.

Most expensive registration sold was 4 DAM which made £29000 with RUB 1Y second at
£21000. The number one plates did very well considering the popularity of the
initials which went with the number 1 , 1 EJG brought £15000 and next was 1 LDN at
£11600 , 1 MFO even made £10100. Other high acheivers were PAY 1T at £8300 and NET
7Y at £8000 ( must have been a few toilet manufactures in attendence ! ). Other
notable sales were 130 XER ( Boxer ) at £10200 and TE55 SSA at a knock down price of
just £1000. Bargains included 90 HXD at £450, WEB 6B at £550 and DOG 9Y at
£900.Amusing numbers included R150 TTO ( Risotto ) at £1300 and BEA 12S ( Bears ) at
£900 There were 90 unsold numbers including 13 GAV ( maybe because of the unlucky
number ) LSJ 6 which is surprising as auction numbers are seldom letters first as
these tend to have been previously used as normal issu numbers. New style
registration sales included CU55 ACK ( Cussack ) at £4300 and MR55 NGH ( Mr Singh )
at £2000.

It should be noted that all of the above figures achieved were just the bids, to be
added to these amounts are the auctioneer's commission, vat at 17.5% and an £80
D.O.T. transfer fee, all of which add approximately 25% to the bid figure.
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The next auction will be held on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of April at The Golf Club,
Celtic Manor Hotel, Coldra Woods, Usk Valley, Newport, South Wales. A small sample
of the numbers to be offered is WEL 5H, CY51 MRU and BAN 90R ( very appropriate for
the area of the country the sale is to held in ), 1 HEL, 1 MLF. Free catalogues can
be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat PDF format from the DVLA sale of marks website , you
can then choose which way you wish to bid and register for bidding at this next
sale. Alternatively you can view a full list of personalised registration numbers on
offer in Microsoft Excel or Adobe Flash format.
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Contact:

Malcolm Forster
Northumbria Numbers
Morpeth, United Kingtom.
01670 786151
mf@northumbrianumbers.com
http://www.northumbrianumbers.com

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Contact Details: Malcolm Forster
Northumbria Numbers
Morpeth, United Kingtom.
01670 786151
mf@northumbrianumbers.com
http://www.northumbrianumbers.