SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1975
'LUCKY' CAR NUMBER AUCTION FETCHED $106,300
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FIFTEEN SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $106,300 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.
THE AUCTION, HELD AT THE CITY HALL LECTURE ROOM, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER HK 8888 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $50,000.
AY 3333 AND BH 33 WERE SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $8,000, WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $500 FOR THE NUMBER BD 2299.
THE OTHER SPECIAL CAR REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:
9339 FOR $7,000- BH 555 FOR $5,500- 3823 FOR $5,100- BH 1 FOR $4,500- AU 2288 FÖR $3,600- AY 38 FOR $3,300= AY 100 FOR $3,000-
HK 40 FOR $2,800- AU 10 AND AU 1234 FOR $2,000 EACH AND AU 818 FOR $1,000.
THE NUMBERS AUCTIONED WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE DATE OF AUCTION.
TODAY'S SALE, THE 23RD IN A SERIES ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO $3.74 MILLION.
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