Event: RTA Limited Release Rare Number Plate Auction
Date: 4 November 2006.
Location: Parkside Auditorium, Darling Harbour Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney.
This auction marked the first time in 15 years that the RTA had released heritage plates for auction.
Fifty heritage plates where released, all of which were 3 and 4 digit plates.
Unfortunately information regarding the plates offered and the prices achieved has not been easy to come by, and unlike most Shannons auctions the results were not released on their website.
The details we have been able to find thanks to this article are detailed below:
3 digit:
- 174 – $97,500
- 211 – $91,000
- 288 – $120,000
- 355 – ?
- 426 – $80,000+
- 427 – ?
- 428 – $80,000+
- 429 – $90,000
- 545 – $90,000
- 599 – ?
- 988 – $90,000
- 993 – ?
- 997 – ?
4 digit:
- 1118 – $77,000
- 9110 – ?
If you have more information on the plates that were offered, along with the final sales prices, we’d love to hear from you.
References:
“The vitreous enamel plate range included number 174 upwards and included the aspirational Ferrari numbers 599, 355 and 288 and the classic ‘Big Block’ plates 426, 427, 428 and 429.”
Rare plate auction achieves a record $4 million – 6 November 2006 – Shannons