A Motorclassica first, Shannons held a rare number plate auction on Saturday evening
A first for Motorclassica and its 9 years of operation, saw Shannons hold a special auction at the Royal Exhibition Building on Saturday evening for rare Victorian Heritage number plates.
The headliner of the sale was Lot 22, the Victorian Heritage Plate “911”, which had the highest pre-auction estimate, set between $300,000-$400,000.
We predicted the plate could fetch well north of the guiding range, as there would bound to be a number of very determined Porsche owners out there with a chequebook to match.
The hammer smacked down on a winning bid of $525,000.
That was $200,000 ahead of the next most valuable sale, Lot 29, Heritage Plate “105” which sold for $325,000.
Heritage Plates “106” and “104” sold either side for $265,000 and $291,000 respectively.
Lot 24 also saw Heritage Plate “130” sell for an eye-watering $280,000.
A large number of the plates sold for above Shannon’s pre-auction guiding range, which shows that the market for these commodities in motion isn’t slowing down any time soon.
For a full list of results, read on:
Lot 1 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘411-111’ – SOLD: $36,500
Lot 2 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘5-588’ – SOLD: $72,000
Lot 3 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘3-033’ – SOLD: $60,000
Lot 4 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘954’ – SOLD: $105,000
Lot 5 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘569’ – SOLD: $125,000
Lot 6 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘100-700’ – SOLD: $20,000
Lot 7 – Victorian Heritage Plate ’41-992’ – SOLD: $29,500
Lot 8 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘8-765’ – SOLD: $69,000
Lot 9 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘4-343 – SOLD: $48,000
Lot 10 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘906’ – SOLD: $110,000
Lot 11 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘820’ – SOLD: $125,000
Lot 12 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘102-102’ – SOLD: $24,000
Lot 13 – Victorian Heritage Plate ’42-329’ – SOLD: $23,000
Lot 14 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘6-791’ – PASSED IN
Lot 15 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘4-688’ – SOLD: $50,000
Lot 16 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘747’ – SOLD: $195,000
Lot 17 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘580’ – PASSED IN
Lot 18 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘464’ – SOLD: $140,000
Lot 19 – Victorian Heritage Plate ’88-999’ – SOLD: $62,000
Lot 20 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘5-000’ – SOLD: $150,000
Lot 21 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘2-277’ – SOLD: $70,000
Lot 22 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘911’ – SOLD: $525,000
Lot 23 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘239’ – SOLD: $180,000
Lot 24 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘130’ – SOLD: $280,000
Lot 25 – Victorian Heritage Plate ’58-356’ – SOLD: $31,000
Lot 26 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘8-886’ – SOLD: $101,000
Lot 27 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘3-142’ – SOLD: $56,000
Lot 28 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘106’ – SOLD: $265,000
Lot 29 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘105’ – SOLD: $325,000
Lot 30 – Victorian Heritage Plate ‘104’ – SOLD: $291,000