Victorian Rego plates have sold well at auction

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Big prices for Number plates in Melbourne

Victorian Rego plates have sold well at auction Sales of more than $2.4mill were achieved at a number plate auctions recently held in Melbourne at part of the annual Motorclassica’s event with 38 rare, collectible and historic number plates going under the hammer at the historic Royal Exhibition Building in North Carlton.

The top seller on the night was the Victorian single letter number plate ‘Q’ ¬– the first time a single letter plate had been auctioned for 10 years – which reached an auction record $181,000.

One of the earliest and most desirable motorcycle number plates to come to public auction…………….Number ‘4’, also generated huge interest. Coming to auction from long-term ownership, it sold for $150,000 – a record price for a Victorian motorcycle plate.

Eleven of Victoria’s highly desirable early three-digit Heritage numerical plates were also auctioned, with the best seller being plate ‘781’, which sold for $140,000.



two other 5-digit plates – ’18.181` and ’11.811’ – sold for $52,000 and $50,000 respectively.

three-digit plates ‘916’ sold for $108,000 and ‘934’ for $102,000 with ‘470’ selling for $112,000 and ‘471’ for $107,000.