EXCLUSIVEMost expensive 私的な number plates sold by the DVLA in 2023 明らかにする／漏らすd
- The DVLA has 株d with This is Money the 10 priciest plates it sold last year
- We compare them to the most expensive to ever sell at DVLA auctions since 1989
- 専門家 明らかにする／漏らすs in-需要・要求する combinations and 推論する／理由s why we spend big on plates
Whether you're a 運転者 who enjoys personalisation or an 投資家 with an 注目する，もくろむ on a 未来 return, 私的な plates have become hot 所有物／資産／財産 in 最近の years.
And the prices some people 支払う／賃金 for one they really want is staggering.
The world's most expensive 私的な plate recently sold to an 匿名の／不明の 入札者 in Dubai for £13 million. The plate? A 孤独な '7'.
But what about 支援する in Britain? We 排他的に 明らかにする／漏らす the 最高の，を越す 10 most expensive 登録s sold by the DVLA.
Most expensive 私的な plates of 2023: We 明らかにする／漏らす which personalised 登録 plates were sold by the DVLA for the highest 量s last year - and compare them to the かつてない priciest
最高の，を越す 10 priciest 登録s sold by DVLA in 2023
2023 was the end of an 時代 in the 私的な plate world with the last in-person DVLA auction taking place in October.?
10 most expensive 私的な plates sold at DLVA auctions in 2023?
Personalised 登録 auctions will now be 排他的に online, and the DVLA 持つ／拘留するs six sales a year.
Taking the 2023 number one 位置／汚点／見つけ出す at a DVLA auction was 'H1 NDU', which sold for £112,010 (除外するing 料金s and 税金s).?
It's high sale price 要求するs little explanation and the six-人物／姿／数字 price is perhaps いっそう少なく unsurprising than some others that make-up the most expensive of last year.
The 最高の，を越す 10 of was 支配するd by the 傾向 for 私的な plates with 'O', with half of the most expensive 私的な 登録s に引き続いて this 判型.?
This is becoming auction 基準 in the 現在の 私的な plate market.
Two 'DEO' plates featured in the most expensive 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）: '1 DEO' sold for £106,090 and 'DEO 1S' fetched £80,010.?
登録s featuring letters first and the number 1 in the sequence typically 達成する the highest prices, based on the DVLA's historical 記録，記録的な／記録するs.
The 'DEO' 奮起させるd big hitters might be 控訴，上告ing because of the 'God' meaning behind them, but there's no 限定された answer.
It's the guessing game 伴う／関わるd that makes 私的な plates such as an 利益／興味ing 投資 to many.?
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The 広大な／多数の／重要なs of all time: the 最高の，を越す 10 most expensive personalised DVLA plates sold at auction
The most expensive 私的な plates ever sold by DVLA
2023 wasn't a 特に high 成し遂げるing year for DVLA 登録s compared to the last five years.?
Jon Kirkbright, sales director at number plate 供給者 Platehunter puts this 負かす／撃墜する to the lower 質 在庫／株.
He told This is Money: 'The best plates were sold when the DVLA started its auctions 支援する in the day.?
'Now you're looking at a 初期の plate but you have three numbers after it because one to 99 have already been 解放（する）d.'
The 最高の，を越す 10 from the last five years 範囲d from £308,253 for 'DEV 1L' 負かす／撃墜する to £84,000 for '3 XRP'.?
< p class="mol-para-with-font">'DEV 1L' was also the third most expensive of all time, with collectors 緊急発進するing over the plate from Cruella De Vil's iconic car.Five of the 10 were all above £112,000, but only one of these was sold in 2023: 'H1 NDU' that was the most expensive from last year.
Smokin': The DEV 1L plate from Cruella De Vil's iconic car was sold in 2021 by the DVLA for £308,253
Comparatively, the 最高の，を越す 10 of all time were all above £150,000 (除外するing 料金s and 税金s) and sold as far 支援する as 1989 - the year the 機関 first put on auctions for 私的な plates.
The most expensive DVLA 登録 ever sold was '25 O' which reached £400,000 (除外するing 料金s and 税金s) on 27 November 27 2014.
It was a good furlong ahead of second place's '1 D' which （機の）カム in at £285,000. No prizes for guessing which boy 禁止（する）d that 入札者 was a fan of.
The first online auction of 2024 has already ta ken place, with 'L1 BYA' the standout lot going for £80,000 (just shy of £103,000 inclusive of auction 料金s and 付加価値税).
CarReg, a UK 商売／仕事 that specialises in the 購入（する） and sale of 私的な plates, told us: 'L1 BYA かもしれない could 結局最後にはーなる on a 乗り物 used by 外交官s at the 大使館 of Libya London as 類似の numbers have done so in the past.'?
Where the 私的な plate market stands
As of 2023, 商売／仕事s operating in the 部門 valued the British personalised number plate 産業 to be 価値（がある） over £2billion.
Jon Kirkbright, 45, is the 創立者 of Plate Hunter
A total of 17,823 登録s were sold in last year's DVLA auctions and 買い手s spent almost £49m (含むing 料金s and 税金s).
Platehunter saw a 25 per cent 増加する in turnover by the first 17 days of January on last year, with valuation requests per day up 100 on last year already.
Kirkbright is 推定する／予想するing this year to be the biggest yet: 'The second-手渡す plate market keeps going from strength to strength and 20 24 will be no different.
'People are seeing worse plates sold by the DVLA go for the same price they paid for a better one at an auction years ago, and so are 需要・要求するing two or three times the price for their plates now on the second 手渡す market'.?
Five 推論する／理由s people spend big on 私的な plates
指名するs, 初期のs and words
Number plates that （一定の）期間 out - or almost （一定の）期間 out - 指名するs, 初期のs and words are the most ありふれた 推論する／理由 for why people splash out on 私的な 登録s.?
People either wish to 表明する their individuality and personality, or an 投資家 knows that 確かな words will continue to rise in value.
The Prince and Princess of むちの跡s drove away from their wedding with 'JU5T WED' on the 後部 number plate of King Charles III's Aston ツバメ Volante.
実業家 Afzal 旅宿泊所 報道によれば turned 負かす／撃墜する £10 million for his 'F1' plate he bought for £440k in 2008.
EXCLUSIVEREAD MORE: North, South divide... of 私的な plates
Are drivers in the north or south more likely to have a car with a 私的な plate?
We look at who's behind the wheel of? cars with unusual combinations.
投資
投資家s go where the returns are good, and the 業績／成果 of 私的な number plates?is pulling 投資家s away from 伝統的な 投資s.?
With higher returns than ワイン, watches, jewellery and classic cars and art, it's not surprising that personalised plates are creating bidding wars.
One specialist said a plate can 二塁打 in value in 12 months.
買い手s turn over plates very quickly, and unlike 投資s like cars or art there's no 貯蔵 costs. You can even 運動 your car with your plate on without it losing any value!
Covering up a car's age
While you can't customise and 陳列する，発揮する a plate that makes your car look newer than it is, you can put 私的な plate on that 隠すs the age of your car.?
You don't have to 運動 around with a age-identifiable DVLA plate.
力／強力にする symbols
There's inner 信用／信任 and then there's needing to 証明する it.?
Drivers with 私的な plates 似ているing status such as success, money, or 影響（力） such as 'BO55' use short words or acronyms to 事業／計画（する） the image of themselves they want out there.
Sentimentality
Some people have a locket with a photo in, others a tattoo. But for some drivers, a? 私的な plate is the best means to remember and 祝う／追悼する special dates, events or 言及／関連s to loved ones.
And because these evoke personal memories, many believe it is 価値（がある） 支払う／賃金ing a lot of money for the personalised number plate combinations they really want.
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