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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1977
RESULTS OF SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS AUCTION
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AT AN AUCTION AT THE CITY HALL THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING, 16 SPECIAL CAR REGISTRATION NUMBERS FETCHED A TOTAL OF $497,000 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY.
THE AUCTION, HELD IN THE CITY HALL LECTURE ROOM, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER 1000 GO FOR THE HIGHEST BID OF $81,000.
ANOTHER NUMBER BD22 WAS SOLD FOR THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $65,000 AND THE LOWEST WAS $5,500 FOR BR6996.
THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:
BB3388
$56,000
BM28
$21,000
BG1
$46,000
BK33
$20,000
9398
$40,000
AA123
$20,000
BR600
$25,000
AA9000
$19,000
BB30
$25,000
HK8686
$18,000
BJ88
$24,500
AB100
HK82
$9,000
$22,500
THE NUMBERS AUCTIONED WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE AUCTION.
TODAY'S SALE, THE 35TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY, 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO ABOUT $6 MILLION.
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