| Premier Motor Auctions organized the third auction of | | | | ANG ( Mustang) at £10,000 and DAM 10N at |
| the year on behalf of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing | | | | £7600. Some bargains to be had were BEW |
| Authority's sale of marks group on the fourth, fifth and | | | | 3S ( Bewes) at only £400 and GOW 9R ( |
| sixth of June 2008 at Wychwood Park, Weston | | | | Gower ) also at £400,in contrast the similar |
| Crewe,Cheshire.One thousand five hundred lots were | | | | POW 9R went for £5,500. Some good cover |
| on offer and bids could be made by post, telephone, | | | | numbers were 44 OSX at £550, 66 XCF at |
| online or of course, in person in the hall.The | | | | £550 and 3 WXU at the bargain price of just |
| personalised number plates on sale were all previously | | | | £700. There were 151 registrations which did not |
| un-issued registration numbers. The popularity of these | | | | sell,this is up by 30 from the first sale of the year, |
| auctions seems slightly diminished by the recent | | | | some of the more surprising ones being 9 RTP, 59 |
| downtown in the economy and so-called credit crunch | | | | RG, 6 PTP and 37 LD, all reasonably popular initials and |
| with the total bids standing at £3412750 net of | | | | very attractive numbers. |
| vat , commission and D.O.T. transfer fees. This is | | | | All of the figures quoted are just hammer prices, to be |
| slightly down on the second auction which had total | | | | added to these figures are auctioneers commission, |
| bids of £367885 but in line with expectations as | | | | value added tax and then a £80 D.O.T. |
| many potential bidders are on holiday at this time of | | | | assignment fee .This effectively increase the figures |
| year. | | | | by approximately 25% |
| Top performer was HU57 LER which sold for | | | | The next auction will be held on the 6th, 7th, and 8th of |
| £19,5000 with CLA 51C at £15,500 then a | | | | August at Legoland, Winkfield Road, Windsor. Free |
| more traditional number 1 LGS was third at | | | | catalogues can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat |
| £13,600. Some surprising results were JOH 41S | | | | PDF format from the DVLA sale of marks website , |
| at £8,700, UDD 11N at £8,000, and ERK | | | | you can then choose which way you wish to bid and |
| 1N at £6500. Some name plate results were 73 | | | | register for bidding at this next sale. Alternatively you |
| SAM which brought £5100 and 29 MEL which | | | | can view a full list of personalised registration numbers |
| achieved £7000. Other notable sale were MU57 | | | | on offer in Microsoft Excel or Adobe Flash format. |