'New York' is what can be read on the plate that has been in the same family since the late 1970s, when the father of this seller bought it for a bargain, as soon as it became possible to customize license plates in America. More than 40 years later, the owner of this license plate has put his Volvo V70 up for sale — on the duPont Registry portal — for $20 million ((Rs 154 crore)
In 2008, Saeed Abdul Ghaffar Khouri, also from the United Arab Emirates, set a new record for the most expensive number plate ever sold with a single digit, worth $9.5 million (Rs 73 crore). After the auction, Mr. Khouri said that “I bought it because it’s the best number”.
Balwinder Sahni is back again, he purchased license plate number 09 in another auction for $6.7 million (Rs 51 crore) in 2015. Sahni told CNN in an interview that he’s a “simple man”.
An unknown Emirati businessman bought plate No 7 for $3.9 Million (Rs 30 crore) in 2016 as he wanted to celebrate the seven emirates and because it is a lucky number.
UAE businessman Ahmed Al Marzuoqi won the bid to own the exclusive 'Abu Dhabi 2' number plate for a whopping $2.7 million (Rs 20 crore). "I am very excited and proud to get number 2," he told Khaleej Times.