One hundred will be the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s (DVLA) special number this April when it celebrates a century of auctions of its personalised registrations at Leicestershire’s Stapleford Park Country House Hotel. Top of the list will be ‘51 NGH’ and ‘1 OO’ both of which have reserve prices of £10,000. Other notable marks include; RU55 ELL, MR51 NGH, DR51 NGH, 6 PAC, OK54 LLY and 500 GP.

DVLA began selling personalised registrations in December 1989 with an auction of just 74 marks held at Christies of South Kensington, at which the registration ‘1 A’ sold for over £200,000 creating a record for the price paid for a vehicle registration which stood until 1993 when K1 NGS eclipsed it selling for £231,000.

There are six DVLA Personalised Registrations auctions a year and winning bids often start from as low as £250 with the average purchase price across all previous 99 auctions standing at £3,500. The Asian community has warmed to personalised numbers and their popularity is reflected in the 100th auction with over 30 numbers likely to prove popular.

Full details, including the complete list of marks available, their reserve prices and how to bid, can be found at www.dvlaregistrations.co.uk.

Posted: 04|7|06 at 9:05 am. Filed under: UK News.