December 2014 DVLA Auction Results
The December auction was held in Cardiff, South Wales with a welsh theme given to many of the numbers released at the auction
The most expensive number plate ever auctioned by the DVLA is now 25 O - bought at the December auction by a Ferrari trader for £518k
Ferrari collector and dealer Talacrest purchased the rare registration for a 250 SWB once owned by musician Eric Clapton
The same dealer also spent £130k on 250 L for a 1964 250 Lusso at the same sale in Cardiff
The registration BE11 AMY sold for a hammer price of £20k and speculation was rife that professional footballer Craig Bellamy was the purchaser
September 2014 DVLA Auction Results
The September auction was held at Twickenham Stadium and a very respectable 96% of registration lots were sold
The registration 26 O sold for a hammer price of £36k which was the highest price achieved at the auction
The top five hammer prices achieved during the aution sale were for 26 O, HA12 VEY, 5000 S, 888 X and 1962 AB, selling for £36k, £20k, £18k, £16k and £14.5k respectively.
July 2014 DVLA Auction Results
In May, the DVLA sold MCL 650S for £16k but that success was eclipsed at the Williams F1 Conference Centre.
The registration 650 S sold for a cash value of £40k, making it the most expensive personalised registration sold by the DVLA in 2014 so far.
The top five hammer prices achieved during the aution sale were for 650 S, AL13 ERT, 24 O, AV14 TOR and AH11 MED, selling for £31k, £23k, £20.5k, £15k and £15k respectively.
May 2014 DVLA Auction Results
The three day event held at Hellidon Lakes Golf and Spa Hotel raised just over £3.5 million for the Treasury.
The top five highest priced selling personalised registrations sold during the sale were 993 RS, 23 O, 1 LLM and 250 LM, which sold for £30k, £22k, £20k and £20k respectively.
Mr Harper who owns and Electrical business secured HA12 PER for £15k
DVLA’s First Auction of 2014
DVLA Personalised Registrations in its 25th anniversary year, raised more than £3.4 million in its first sale of 2014 held at the Casa Hotel in Chesterfield.
The registration 22 O the latest in the successful O-series fetched the highest price of the three day auction, finally falling under the hammer for £26k.
The surprise of the event was 8 AKU, one of the first of the 1,500 registrations to go under the hammer. While the DVLA had high hopes for the single digit three-letter registration, no one predicted the £25.5k it sold for.
The remaining registrations to make the Agency’s top five highest-priced numbers in the sale were 98 M, 41 NDY and 81 LLA which sold for £24k, £15.5k and £15.5k respectively.
February 2013 DVLA Auction Results
DVLA Number Plates auctioned at the February 2013 DVLA Auction
DVLA Personalised Registrations’ auction held in Leeds raised more than £3.3 million for the treasury.
HU11 CTY sold for £47k with 2 anonymous bidders competing for the HULL CITY football club plate.
Other leading registrations sold were; 18 O at £65k, F10 DYC at £20k, 951 NGH at £20k, AS11 LEY at £19k
November 2012 DVLA Auction Results
DVLA Number Plates auctioned at the November 2012 DVLA Auction
DVLA Personalised Registrations’ final three-day auction of the year made more than £3.7 million with the total income raised across the series of auctions in 2012 to £19 million.
SM11 THY sold for £37k - Smith being the most prolific surname in the UK since records began whilst 90 O fell under the auctioneers’ hammer for £54k.
Other leading registrations sold include WR11 GHT, which fell under the hammer for little over £26k and 6 HFS which went for £22k.
September 2012 DVLA Auction Results
DVLA Number Plates auctioned at the September 2012 DVLA Auction.
DVLA Personalised Registrations had cause to celebrate after a three-day auction raised more than £4 million for the Treasury.
More than 6,800 people registered to bid – the most for a sale of 1,500 registrations in five years.
The top two selling registrations – 100 O and 50 OOO – sold for £71k and £36k respectively were bought by the same mystery buyer during the final day of the event staged at Mercedes-Benz World in Weybridge.
June 2012 DVLA Auction Results
DVLA Number Plates auctioned at the June 2012 DVLA Auction were Olympic Themed Personalised Number Plates.
Examples of the themed plates to recognise the London Olympics were: GO11 DEN, MEN 100M, HU12 DLE, RAN 800M.
DVLA Personalised Registrations Olympic-themed summer auction was hailed as a medal winning success – generating £4.7 million over three days.
The event, held at City Hall in London, proved once again the popularity of personalised registrations continues with bids arriving well into the night on both the first and second days.
The registration 80 O was the star of the show, selling for £45k to a mystery man from the Midlands. OL11 VER was a close second, which went for just under £40k.
Patriotic England supporter Brian Brody, aged 66, of St John’s Wood, London, showed his true colours by buying EN61 AND for £20k. However, that was beaten by HO11 AND which was bought by businessman John Holland, as a gift for his daughter, Kelly, for £25k
February 2012 DVLA Auction Results
DVLA Number Plates sold in the February 2012 DVLA Auction held at Stratford Manor Hotel raised approximately £3.9m in revenue for the UK government.
The highest bid at the February Auction came for 55 O which was purchased for £46k whilst 99 MAC reached a surprisingly high sum of £18k.
November 2011 DVLA Auction Results
DVLA Number Plates sold in the November 2011 DVLA Auction raised approximately £3.7m in revenue for the UK government.
The highest bid at the November Auction came for 14 O which was purchased for £39k followed by AL11 SON which was purchased for £19k.
September 2011 DVLA Auction Results
DVLA Number Plates sold in the September 2011 DVLA Auction at The Down Hall Hotel in Hertfordshire raised approximately £3.8m in revenue for the UK government.
The highest bid at the September Auction came for DE11 BOY which was purchased for £35k by businessman Mr Dawson of Plymouth, a multi-millionaire listed 254th in the UK rich list recently published by the Sunday Times.
May 2011 DVLA Auction Results
DVLA Number Plates sold in the May 2011 DVLA Auction at The Heritage Motor Centre raised approximately £4.5m in revenue for the UK government.
The series of 1 O, 2 O, 3 O, 4 O, 5 O, 6 O continued with the auction of the number 15 O at this auction realising a hammer value of £25,500 - The number 43 O will be auctioned in July 2011.
The highest bids at this auction were : 888 A £39,500, WA11 ACE £26,000, 15 O £25,500, 7 OOO £21,000
March 2011 DVLA Auction Results
DVLA Number Plates sold in the March 2011 DVLA Auction at Rudding Park raised approximately £3.9m in revenue for the UK government.
The series of 1 O, 2 O, 3 O, 4 O, 5 O, 6 O continued with the auction of the number 13 O at this auction realising only a hammer value of £11,500 - The number 15 O will be auctioned in May 2011.
The highest bids at this auction were : 108 AL £26,000, 1 HGH £14,600, 90 S £13,000, 82 M £11,700
December 2010 DVLA Auction Results
DVLA Number Plates sold in the December 2010 DVLA Auction in Warwick raised approximately £3.9m in revenue for the UK government.
The series of 1 O, 2 O, 3 O, 4 O, 5 O, 6 O continued with the auction of the number 12 O at this auction realising a hammer value of £49,000 - The number 13 O will be auctioned in March 2011.
The highest bids at this auction were : 12 O £49,000, 5 OOO £17,700, 1 TWA £14,000, 81 M £13,000
June 2010 DVLA Auction Results
DVLA Number Plates sold in the June 2010 DVLA Auction at Whittlebury Hall raised approximately £3.5m in revenue for the UK government.
The series of 1 O, 2 O, 3 O, 4 O, 5 O, 6 O continued with the auction of the number 7 O at this auction realising a hammer value of £65,500 - The number 8 O will be auctioned in August 2010.
The highest bids at this auction were : 7 O £65,500, 10 OOO £42,200, 77 M £24,500, 1 KMW £17,200
March 2010 DVLA Auction Results
DVLA Number Plates sold in the March 2010 DVLA Auction at Old Trafford raised approximately £3m in revenue for the UK government.
The series of 1 O, 2 O, 3 O, 4 O, 5 O, 6 O continued with the auction of the number 9 O at this auction realising a hammer value of £74,500 - The number 7 O will be auctioned in June 2010.
UTD 805S was sold to a Birmingham man who thought he would be bidding against the Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. As it was there was no interest in the plate from the United manager despite speculation that some of the United palyers would buy the plate for their manager.
The highest bids at this auction were : 9 O £74,500, OFF 1 £30,000, 2 OOO £25,200, 1 RRH £20,500
October 2009 DVLA Auction Results
DVLA Number Plates sold in the October 2009 DVLA Auction at Dormy House demonstrated further continuing improvement in the number of lots sold.
The series of 1 O, 2 O, 3 O, 4 O continued with the auction of the number 5 O at this auction realising a hammer value of £71,000
2 X was the next highest value registration with a hammer price of £44,000 achieved for a registration that will certainly mark the spot for someone.
CHU 881E was sold to a 16 year old who can't yet drive - the interest on this occassion was because of her nickname from birth being CHUBBY. Clearly a plate suitable for CHUBBY BROWN.
October 2009 DVLA Auction - X Marks the Spot
The DVLA Auction to be held on the 7th, 9th, 10th October 2009 at Dormy House will see the registration mark 2 X offered for sale.
This number will have the highest reserve for any previous auction with its reserve set at £10,0000
The auction will be the 20th Anniversary of DVLA Auctions.
If you would like to take advantage of our Auction Bidding Service then you can do so by entering your request via the Auction Bidding web page
August 2009 DVLA Auction Results
DVLA Number Plates sold in the August 2009 DVLA Auction at the F1 Williams venue demonstrated the continuing improvement in the number of lots sold and in the average value realised across the range of numbers.
The series of 1 O, 2 O, 3 O continued with the auction of the number 4 O at this auction realising a hammer value of £51,000 with the purchaser declaring this to be purely an investment based purchase for the future.
It has been widely reported how the recent trend in the purchasing of exclusive registrations has been investment driven rather than enthusiast driven and this trend continues as exclusive registration marks continue to be seen as a safe investment for the future in uncertain times.
In addition there were two interesting purchases made by people from the North West of England with 1 PNE and ST08 ART having connections to this area of the country.
1 PNE was purchased because of its association with Preston North End FC and the purchaser is known to be linked with the football club whilst ST08 ART was purchased by a company director of STOBART Haulage Ltd the freight company based in Cumbria.
