It seems the cherished number plate bug is catching as the Lord Mayor of London Boris Johnson has been seen recently displaying the registration MAY 10R.
The plate was originally sold at auction in 1997 for around £2000 and is now valued at over £20,000!
Boris is not the only Mayor to have access to a personalised plate. The Lord Mayor of London – an entirely different office – has use of a 1980s Rolls Royce Phantom with the plate LM 0.
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Jon Cherry is a Director of leading personalised number plate dealer Regplates.com. Jon has over 25 years industry experience handling some of the most expensive plates ever sold with many high profile and celebrity clients. Active since 1991 in the number plate industry, Jon is currently Chairman of the Cherished Numbers Guild, a trade body representing number plate dealers in the UK. Jon has written many articles on the industry and insight into the future of numberplates and the market as a whole.