Author: Jon Cherry
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.

Washington Anacostia River Regplates

Today, the District adds one more license plate to its short list of vehicle tags promoting certain organizations or causes. (My personal favorite? The National Association of Black Scuba Divers.) This morning, the District’s Department of Transportation tweeted that a

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  • 2nd Nov, 2010

Bond Aston Sells For $4.6 Million at Auction

ASTON Martin personalised number plate

Perhaps the single most breathtaking car of the fall auction season, a 1964 Aston Martin DB5–better known as the James Bond car–sold for $4.61 million to Ohio collector Harry Yeaggy on Wednesday at the RM Auctions Automobiles of London sale.

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  • 1st Nov, 2010

Blackhawks Registration Number Plate

Jesse White and the Illinois Secretary of State’s office have today unveiled the design for the Blackhawks specialty license plate, the first Illinois plate for a professional sports team under Public Act 095-0031, which was enacted in 2002. The fees

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  • 27th Oct, 2010

Classic Number Plate FMVA Changes

The introduction of a classic vehicle-friendly measure announced by Finance Minister Tonio Fenech during the budget speech has been welcomed by the Federazzjoni Maltija Vetturi Antiki (FMVA). The FMVA said in a statement it appreciated that after intensive lobbying, the

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  • 27th Oct, 2010

Ski Patrol Number Plate

A new state license plate allows Montana snow sports enthusiasts to champion their pastime in style while supporting the Volunteer National Ski Patrol. The plate, designed by Missoula artist Mat Reesman, features a skier and a snowboarder making their respective

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  • 25th Oct, 2010

Panama Number Plates

Panama’s missing license plates mess may be on the verge of solution. After nearly a year of new cars without plates, and others going month’s without stickers, the Transport Authority (ATTT) is looking to an efficient German solution. Jorge Ricardo

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  • 25th Oct, 2010

Unlucky Number 4 Regplates?

CA74 VAN personalised number plates from Regplates.com

BEIJING: Shedding its Communist blues, China turned superstitious barring the issuance of automobile license plates bearing the “unlucky” number “4”, evoking a mixed response from public. Beijing’s traffic management bureau has stopped issuing car license plates bearing the number “4”

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  • 21st Oct, 2010

NASCAR Registration Plates Announced

MVC Chief Administrator Raymond P. Martinez, NASCAR driver Ryan Truex, members of the Truex Racing Family, and local NASCAR drivers will gather at 1 p.m. at Wall Stadium on Route 34 in Wall, Monmouth County, to unveil the plates. Ten

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  • 20th Oct, 2010

Vintage Number Plates Are A Status Symbol

n 2008, a Delaware license plate, tag “6” sold for a staggering $675,000. While that seems like a whopping amount for a license plate, it was estimated prior to the sale that the one-digit porcelain plate would fetch as much

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  • 20th Oct, 2010