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Dh3.4m for number plate 50 G

DUBAI — Vehicle plate number 50 G attracted the highest bid and fetched Dh3.4 million in the 57th Distinguished Number Plates Auction organised by the Roads and Transport Authority at Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai last week.

The auction, which offered 106 distinguished number plates comprising 3, 4 and 5-digit numbers in categories D, E, F and G, ended with a total sales of Dh35,819,500.

The auction witnessed intense competition among more than 300 bidders. The two-digit numbers 50, 23, 32 and 96 in category G were subject of hectic bidding as they topped the overall sales list.

G 23 fetched Dh2.92 million, followed by G 32 which went for Dh2.5 million and G 96 which generated Dh2.24 million.

In the three-digit number series, bidders showed particular interest in acquiring the numbers F 700 as well as G 660, 770, 880 and 990. F 700 was sold for Dh1.35 million followed by G 770 and G 880, each of them was sold for Dh560,000. Total proceeds of these five number plates were as high as Dh3.48 million.

Bidders then switched attention to the four-digit number series, where 39 number plates were on offer. Number plates 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, and 3300 in G category filled the first five places in the sales order, with the total proceeds of Dh2.47 million, led by G 8000 which fetched Dh690,000.

The same momentum of fierce bidding was carried through the end of the session in which 24 five-digit number plates of categories D, E, F and G were offered. Bidding touched top gear with the sale of number plates 2002, 40004, 50005 and 70007 and the whole series fetched Dh1.524 million.