The Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) hold several personalised number plate auctions every year, consisting of 5 Live auctions and 4 timed sales. Prices have generally increased each year so don’t delay, invest as soon as you can!
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, prices have soared and still remain strong now in early 2022. The public and Investors are clearly not deterred from purchasing personalised numbers. For many years it has been said they make ideal maintenance free assets for those with spare money, who do not necessarily want to use the registration themselves. Personalised registrations can be a sound investment if bought wisely. Like anything else, investments can sometimes go down as well as up, but history has shown most registrations have increased in value over time.
The DVLA Auction Top 13 Highest grossing Sales (since 1989!)
- 25 O £518,480
- 1 D £361,745
- DEV 1L £308,240
- 51 NGH £253,968
- IG 1 £287,792
- 1 RH £247,652
- K1 NGS £233,758
- KR15 HNA £233,360
- 1 O £214,811
- 1 A £197,880
- 1 OO £197,128
- 2 O £142,910
- 6 B £128,540
The Number 3 S Sells Online £76,000 (2009).
CarReg Were Underbidders, however we bought the number a few months later for the same price without the auctioneers fee!
Highest sale prices at the most recent DVLA Auction, FEBRUARY 2023. The top 12 were :-
- 66 O £63,110
- 1 VLK £50,110
- CSK 1 £40,010
- 18 ULL £26,010
- 8 XW £24,030
- OO03 OOO £23,610
- 66 VB £23,010
- A707 DBX £20,010
- 13 UBS £20,010
- USY 5 £20,010
- NKH 1L £17,530
- MUK 11 £16,040
Achieving OVER £15,000 include :- H45 ANS, 123 RB, SAB 4A, 921 A, J45 MER, 296 FER, 11 NOY, 1 URK, 220 C
Previous sales high earners
25 0 £400000 (auction record), IG 1 £222000, KR15 NHA £180000, 1 NHS £120040, 250 L £100500, 60 O £95000, 86 A £87000, J42 MES £80020, 4 RS £74000, IG 5 £68270, 51 CK £68000, 53 NGH £61010, 75 O £70010, 458 S £70000, 918 S £66,000, PAK 157N £63910, 30 O £62000, 33 O £57000, JSK 1 £56200, 202 O £53000, 96 O £52500, 45 O £51000, 18 O £50000, 1 SUV £46200, 1 SVR £45000, 35 O £45000, 812 S £45500, 20 O £44000, S1 UNT £42000, 111 O £42000, 40 O £41500, 85 O £40500, 111 G £40000, HU11 CTY £36000, 911 RSR £36000, 37 O £35600, 1 OSM £35010, FA15 ALS £35000, HSK 1 £34000, 911 O £33500, 812 GTS £33000, 124 J £32500, 16 UK £30500, 1000 O £30000, 997 RS £31500, OP71 ONS £30010
Some others of interest sold this year include
KR15 HAN £76000, 5 OPH £45000, CO17 RAD £38000, CO11 EEN £30,000, LEA 1H £27000, RO13 ERT £29000, PA12 MAR £23100, AL13 ERT £23000, POG 8A £23000, FA11 SAL £22500, SA17 DHU £22200, TR14 CEY £20300, HA12 VEY £20300, 5 OOD £19200, AL15 TER £17000, CH14 RLE £12200
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