{"id":2508,"date":"2016-06-06T17:32:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T16:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2016-06-06T17:32:05","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T16:32:05","slug":"uae-number-1-plate-sells-for-3-4-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/06\/uae-number-1-plate-sells-for-3-4-million\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Number 1 Plate Sells For \u00a33.4 Million!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content__article-body from-content-api js-article__body\" data-test-id=\"article-review-body\">\n<p>A personalised registration plate bearing just the number one fetched AED18m (\u00a33.4m) at auction in the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>The winning bidder was Emirati businessman Arif Ahmed al-Zarouni, who said \u201cMy ambition is always to be number one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His bid was 18 times the reserve price but is not the highest sum that has been paid for a number plate in the UAE. 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