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.

Car plate price soars to record

The license plate price in Shanghai climbed to a record high at the last auction of 2009. The average price of a private car plate reached 37,593 yuan (US$5,512) this month, an increase of 2,276 yuan from November, according to

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  • 23rd Dec, 2009

Number Plates of the Ritch and Famous

People of all ages and backgrounds are becoming aware of the joys and benefits of owing their own personalised number plate. However, private number plates have not always been so affordable and were once seen as a status symbol for

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  • 23rd Dec, 2009

A record price number plate for birthday boy, 6

A NUMBER plate sold to raise money for Tatton Park has fetched a world record price of £331,500 at auction. The M1 registration mark was bought by an anonymous north west-based bidder – for his six-year-old son’s birthday. Officials at

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  • 23rd Dec, 2009

1D number plate fetches £352k at auction

The number plate 1D was bought for a record £352,000 at auction yesterday. Tycoon Nabil Bishara won it in fierce bidding and plans to put it on his wife’s Bentley. His £352,411 offer beats the previous £254,000 best for a

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  • 23rd Dec, 2009

S1 plate changes hands for a record £397,500

ONE of the earliest car registration plates ever issued fetched a world record price of £397,500 after going under the hammer last night. The registration mark “S1” had been estimated to fetch between £200,000 and £250,000. The plate was the

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  • 23rd Dec, 2009

‘D1ANA’ number plate for auction

The number plate D1ANA, expected to attract interest among fans of the late Princess of Wales, could fetch as much as £100,000 when it is auctioned. The plate is part of a Coys auction to celebrate the company’s 90th anniversary

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  • 23rd Dec, 2009

Record £440,000 paid for F1 number plate

A record price has been set for a British vehicle registration number after a businessman paid £440,625 to buy the Formula One initials F1. Afzal Khan, 37, smashed the previous record of £331,000, paid 18 months ago for M1, to

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  • 23rd Dec, 2009