We weren't unduly surprised when we heard about the sale of the registration plate "R" at auction in Hong Kong, even though the hammer went down at an eye-watering HK$ 25.5 million (approximately £2,632,000).
We sometimes worry that we could be getting a little obsessed. There are times when we have to remind ourselves that not everything is about personal number plates.
Valentine's Day kind of creeps up on you, doesn't it? Yes, we've seen you rushing around Asda, gaping in despair at the empty prosecco shelf, the depleted card racks and the debris that used to be the cut flower display. You can almost smell the panic in the air. Want to avoid that? The secret is to get organised early rather than at the last minute. Not much of a secret, really. Kind of obvious, in fact.
When a journalist writing about the proposed auction of the Scottish private plate HS 0 asked us to estimate what price the plate could achieve, it led us to consider single and double-digit registrations that were created specially for use by local authorities and the issues surrounding their sale.
The DVLA's first auction of 2023 took place from 11th - 17th January. It was an online auction.