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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1978
AUCTION OF CAR NUMBERS REALISES $545,000
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TWENTY-TWO SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $545,000 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.
THE AUCTION, HELD IN THE LECTURE HALL OF THE CITY HALL, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER 8787 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $80,000.
ANOTHER NUMBER HK333 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $70,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1,000 FOR BV 418, BV 519, BV 1508 AND BU 9793.
THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:
208
$38,000
BV 128
$ 7,000
6886
$27,000
BV
138
AA 80
$40,000
BV
168
$40,000
$21,000
BB 222
$31,000
BV 218
$ 9,000
BU 8888
$46,000
BV 180
$ 8,000
BU
1
$55,000
BV 238
$ 8,000
AV 15
$18,000
BV 328
$15,000
BU 8228
$25,000
BV 6368
$ 3,000
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 38TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO $7,925,632.
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