The British record for the sale of a personalised plate has been smashed at the DVLA’s 25th anniversary auction.
The ’25 O’ plate went for much more £500,000 as well as is destined for the Ferrari 250 SWB when had by music legend Eric Clapton. It beat the previous record of £357,000 paid for ‘1 D’ in March 2009.
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Leading Ferrari collector as well as dealership John Collins was the purchaser for the most recent record breaker as well as parted with £518,000. The ‘O’ series is especially prominent as well as has increased millions alone down the years. ’26 O’ was top seller at the previous auction in September however went for a now measly £36,000.
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Even much more outstanding was that John Collins’ significant purchase came just three hours after he’d paid a staggering £130,320 for ‘250 L’. This will sit on a unusual 1964 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso.
John said: “I was just identified to own them, it was just a situation of exactly how much I was going to have to pay for the privilege. I’m not as well sure [what my limit was], it might potentially have been the very first £1 million personalised registration.”
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The record success came in the DVLA’s 150th auction which is likewise in its 25th anniversary year. Plates were very first auctioned in 1989 as well as because then much more than £2 billion has been made. This money is diverted back to the central Government.
Jody Davies, DVLA personalised registrations’ events manager added: “What a spectacular method to mark our 150th auction during our 25th anniversary year. While we had high really hopes for both registrations, we never dreamt they would be so successful as well as allow us to make history for the DVLA.”
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Top 5 sellers from the 25th anniversary auction
125 O£518,000
2250 L£130,320
3CU11 ENS£26,648
4FU11 ERS£23,202
51 HJW£21,048