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With the SA Number Plate auction coming up soon, here’s a bonus piece of interesting literature from “The Great Plate Auction” in 1985 – back when Adelaide was about to stage it’s first F1GP.
Courtesy of “DRAGON”:
I recently came across some plate details from the “The Great Plate Auction” of 1985. I believe this auction was one of the first mass releases by the SA Government of numeric, jubilee and classic name series. The sale consisted of 329 lots, being some 400+ plates and was conducted by Jackman & Treloar on the 10th of October 1985.
I have a copy for auction book and it is quite interesting to see what was released at this time. Here is a list of some of the plates that were up for sale with final prices ranging from $200 to $11,000:
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Posted in 1985, Auction, Historic Plates, Jubilee Plates, Number Plates, Numeric Plates, Prestige Plates, sa
Looking for a place to buy or sell your number plates?
Check out the Classifieds.
Heritage plates all over Australia can be sold here, historic numeric plates for prestige cars especially welcome!
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