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SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1979
SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS AUCTION REALISES $67,000
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TWENTY-FIVE SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $67,600 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.
THE AUCTION, HELD IN THE LECTURE HALL OF CITY HALL SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER AV 323 FETCHING THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $6,200.
ANOTHER NUMBER, BW 2992, WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $5,500 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1,000.
THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:
BX280,$4,100
BX688, $4,500
BW3781, $1,000 BW6820, $1,000
BW7333, $1,200
BW6628, $3,000
BW7832, $1,000 BX1088, $2,200
BX150, $2,200 BX230, $2,300
BX108, BW8092, $1,000
$3,500
EX882, $3,300 HK3781, $1,500 BX823, $2,300
BX819, $1,500
BW75,
$3,900 BX6668, $3,500 BX3228, $2,500 XX595, $3,100 BW7667, $1,800 BS16, $4,500 BW6698, $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 42ND ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO ABOUT $9 MILLION.
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