1903 UK license plate 'S1' sells for $730,000
One of the earliest number plates ever issued fetched a world record price of £397,500 after going under the hammer at auction last night...
The historic plate was the first registration number to be issued in Edinburgh and it belonged to a leading pioneer of motoring.
Tonight's sale marked the first time the registration number had come on the market since it was created in 1903...
The mystery bidder...said of the sale: "The registration number will remain in the UK and will be going on an old red Skoda which will be seen around the Midlands."
The registration number originally belonged to Sir John HA MacDonald, who was the Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland from 1888 to 1919. War.
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The historic plate was the first registration number to be issued in Edinburgh and it belonged to a leading pioneer of motoring.
Tonight's sale marked the first time the registration number had come on the market since it was created in 1903...
The mystery bidder...said of the sale: "The registration number will remain in the UK and will be going on an old red Skoda which will be seen around the Midlands."
The registration number originally belonged to Sir John HA MacDonald, who was the Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland from 1888 to 1919. War.