Barmiest price ever for a personal reg number...

[bigricho]

It went for 2000 at auction in 1999. Take from that what you will.

[sday12]

Might me being stupid but what is a FER?

[MrReg]

IIRC it's been advertised at that price for some time now.
I'm surprised it's not sold yet

[LotusOmega375D]

PaperCut said:

^^ I see it's only half full. Will you fill it up for me? How many owners? Full service history?

Could be interested

She ain't no concours trailer queen that's for sure! If that's what you're after I know of another mint unbitten example stored in a friend's barn that you could have for 700 grand.

[Vroomer]

DonkeyApple said:

Not a football fan?

Mind you, I must be a bit thick as I couldn't work out what the plate actually was and had to read the following posts to realise it was for a Ferrari.

Even football players don't want a personal number that requires explanation!

[xPOW]

thread closed - these 2 definitely are the winners:

[Vroomer]

What do they even mean?

H15 LDN?

H15 MBX?

£250 the pair, tops.

[PaperCut]

Those must be misprints? Unless i'm missing something (not that much) obvious...

[Mark-C]

LotusOmega375D said:

PaperCut said:

^^ I see it's only half full. Will you fill it up for me? How many owners? Full service history?

Could be interested

She ain't no concours trailer queen that's for sure! If that's what you're after I know of another mint unbitten example stored in a friend's barn that you could have for 700 grand.

Is that the original lid? Was it chewed by someone famous? Any pictures of it in use back in the day?

Could make all the difference at auction ....

[LotusOmega375D]

Mark-C said:

LotusOmega375D said:

PaperCut said:

^^ I see it's only half full. Will you fill it up for me? How many owners? Full service history?

Could be interested

She ain't no concours trailer queen that's for sure! If that's what you're after I know of another mint unbitten example stored in a friend's barn that you could have for 700 grand.

Is that the original lid? Was it chewed by someone famous? Any pictures of it in use back in the day?

Could make all the difference at auction ....

It certainly is the original lid: TBH I am disappointed that you could even think otherwise. Loose internet gossip like that can have a seriously detrimental effect on a biro's value. Anyway and as for the celebrity chewing question, keep this to yourself, but there's a very strong rumour doing the rounds that this biro once ended up in a Range Rover driven by a certain Ms. Gillian Taylforth! Read into that what you will...

[Danesgate]

Vroomer said:

Even football players don't want a personal number that requires explanation!

Anyone know footballer Phil Jones?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251028551734?ssPageName=...

£10,000,000 but open to offers!!!!

[Gaffer]

http://www.platehunter.com/news/223

http://www.carreg.co.uk/number_plates/uae_auctions

[DonkeyApple]

Gaffer said:

http://www.platehunter.com/news/223

http://www.carreg.co.uk/number_plates/uae_auctions

I can't help thinking that the JOEY plate advertised on the left of that page would be more suitable for those buffoons.

[Yiliterate]

Vroomer said:

Sorry, papercut, you haven't grasped this one...auction price of £2k in 1999 indicates true value today probably £5k.

Its true value (if its value can be described as being 'true') is simply what the highest bidder is willing to pay for it at any point in time. Trying to apply a broad inflation measure (or however you got to your £5k figure) on something that is a) unique b) highly subjective in terms of appeal and c) serves no practical function beyond that which any number plate does is, IMHO, unlikely to be significantly more accurate in predicting the price it would fetch today than, say, adding up this week's lottery numbers and multiplying by 100...

Edited by Yiliterate on Wednesday 4th April 18:28

[Pixel Pusher]

GreatGranny said:

Vroomer said:

Sorry, papercut, you haven't grasped this one...auction price of £2k in 1999 indicates true value today probably £5k.

People who have £500k in spare cash to spend generally aren't stupid!

Oh, I don't know. . . . . .



Or HAD £500k to spare.

[xPOW]

Vroomer said:

What do they even mean?

H15 LDN?

H15 MBX?

£250 the pair, tops.

well you know that, I know that, and everybody else in the world knows that. But was on here a few years ago evangelising about how great they are - H15 LDN is apparently 'His London' and 'H15 MBX' is for His Mercedes Bens X - whatever that means!?

He's utterly utterly barmy and mad as a box of snakes but there we go..

[Grovsie26]

Every single one, bar none. There lame and tacky.

Anyone with one must have a tiny cock.

[DonkeyApple]

A question for company accountants:

If your company owns a number plate and it is for sale for £500k can you bend your books to book it as a tangible asset at that value?

[mike9009]

LotusOmega375D said:

BIC biro for sale. Rosso Corsa. One owner. Slightly chewed cap. 500 grand or very near offer. Genuine reason for sale (Greed).

TBH i don't believe that is your pen .... I'm calling custard.

Mike

[Vroomer]

Yiliterate said:

Its true value (if its value can be described as being 'true') is simply what the highest bidder is willing to pay for it at any point in time. Trying to apply a broad inflation measure (or however you got to your £5k figure) on something that is a) unique b) highly subjective in terms of appeal and c) serves no practical function beyond that which any number plate does is, IMHO, unlikely to be significantly more accurate in predicting the price it would fetch today than, say, adding up this week's lottery numbers and multiplying by 100...

So what's your valuation?