Victoria’s ‘luckiest’ numerical registration plate, 888-888, has just sold for a record-breaking $230,000 at Donington Auction’s ‘Collector Car & Number Plate Auction’.
Privately owned for the past 30 years, 888-888 smashed the record for the sale of a Victorian custom numerical plate, which was set in 2022, when 911-911 sold for $53,000.
Ironically, 888-888 sold for significantly more than the 2003 Mercedes Benz CL600 V12 which wore this pair of custom plates, bringing a still strong $51,000 at Donington’s auction on Sunday.
“The numeral ‘8’ is considered a lucky number in Chinese culture, and that was certainly the case for the plates’ elderly owner of three decades,” Donington Auctions’ Cameron Sabine said.
“Having an ‘8’ within a registration plate sequence has become the digit of choice among number plate collectors, both for its luck and in the case of this particular plate, its symmetrical format.
“So, we weren’t hugely surprised that it sold so well and were very pleased to have eclipsed the previous record by so much.”
