what makes these cherished plates worth so much?
 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-SSC-PRIVATE-...QQcmdZViewItem
£25,000

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/33-DBC-PRIVATE...QQcmdZViewItem
£15,000



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WAP-55-number-...QQcmdZViewItem
£4500....


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PAM-61-number-...QQcmdZViewItem
£11200...
i am thinking of selling mine and havnt been able to get a valuation yet. i had a look on ebay and wondered what makes the plates worth £££'s

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From the looks of those prices there having a fookin giraffe! :lol1:

Being "dateless" and having a name or letters of someone's name. shorter ones seem to be worth more as do plates with a meaning. ie X5, 911 etc

i want to put mine on ebay but i dont know what to set the reserve at.

so you dont think they will sell for the money asked?:wonder:

The first 2 are way over priced. Would be very suprised & shocked if they went for that, as they don't spell anything i.e "P1 LOT"

TBH, I don't know why people pay so much for a plate what has no meaning to anyone apart from themselves.
One of my mate paid £3k about 15 years ago for "51 ***" and he swears it worth about £9k ?? Yeh, only if a person with the same initials want's to spend that much on a plate.

Each to their own of course. Just my opinion

At the end of the day they are only worth what someone will pay, it's ok putting it up for 25000 but will it sell?

Don't bother with a reserve you can always pull the auction if it does not get up to what you want. Anyway there are always other ways to get the price up....so i'm told

I paid 250 quid for my username/reg

3 SSC may be worth a lot to old Jag enthusiasts - they started out as The Swallow Sidecar Company - changed their name after WWII when SS took on a whole new meaning.

I'm sure there are better ways to blow £25k mind!

The lack of bids suggests to me that the rest of the world don't value those plates as highly as the current owners!

People always try their luck with number plates. I bought S23 WRX for £250 from the DVLA for my 1st scoob and left it on the car when I sold it about 3 years and now the car's for sale again with a "private plate worht £1900"! I don't think so.

In my opinion, of the links posted, I think PAM 61 would get the most money - I would value 3 SSC, 33 DBC and WAP 55 at all under £5000 (they'd certainly get no more at a DVLA auction, where you can get things like 47 AD for £4000).

Your plate HI GHV is quite different - at a guess, and without trying to offend, I'd say £2000 tops.

a few years ago i was offered over £10,000 for mine but i wasnt selling it at the time, i spose if its worth something to the buyer then it can be worth anything :)

i am too scared to put mine up for sale incase i kick myself later:freak3:
as the new reg plates make it very difficult to spell something i was thinking that plates would go up in value :p

it would be interesting to find out what people actually paid for their plates rather than what they are up fpr sale for :thumb:

You would be amazed and some of prices plates make now adays.
Ive got 2 and they have not been advertised, yet i still get people offering me thousands for them. Only last year i was offered over £30k for one of them. Ive no idea how or where they get my phone number from, but the offers come rolling in.
Only last month I had a dealer call me about the other plate.


Madness, but a good profit if i wanted to sell.

Sarasquares, you can if they where bought at a DVLA auction.

have you got a link for that? :thumb:

Remember, a plate is only worth what someone will pay for it - hence the reason why those overpriced ones on eBay have no bids!!

Offered £10K!!!! I would have bitten there arm off for that!!

Link to DVLA auction search facility:

http://www.dvla-som.co.uk/home/en/Search/p/auction

3 SSC sold for £3100 in 2001. The others haven't gone through DVLA's auctions.

I stand by my earlier comment re price now.

HICKS went for £13,000 :eek: sold in sept '91 :eek2:

I have no idea sara, your's is much better :thumb:

One of the soldiers in Aliens bought it.......

HIGGY, £15,000 sold in 1991 :eek:

H1 FLY £9000 :eek:
H1 LDA £27,000 :eek: sold in 1990

i might ask more for mine now :D

@sarasquares, you may get a good price from a dyslexic HGV driver :lol1:

i'm trying to source a plate for my other half's 40th birthday next year as a surprise.
would like the number 40 in it somewhere, along with derivatives of his name ( Pete) or his initials.. PJH ...or... something to do with his bike (ZX10R) or possibly something to do with his car (Civic type R)

Have tried doing a search, but can't just find the right one at the mo:(

you can but mine if you want H1GH V:lol1:

I found it much easier to change my name to W434 UHN :D

and a lot cheaper too :D

Mother-in-law used to have 1 MMF on her E-type back in the day, MMF being her initials. Got quite a sum for it I believe.

not quite what i'm wanting hun !;)

SIAL

i cant be bothered to change my name to H1GH V :wonder: