Private Registration 1 O, minimum bid £10,000

Drivers wishing to own a piece of history on their motor vehicle will need to find a minimum of £10,000 when a very rare, short registration plate 1 O goes under bid.

This is not the only high-value plates up for grabs from the DVLA, with 3 S and 1 HRH having reserves of £8000 and £3200 respectively. Around 1600 registrations will be featured at the 3 day auction at Whillebury Hall, Northamptonshire.

The £10,000 bid is believed to be a small fraction of the expected sale price by industry insiders, considering the fact that 1 RH was purchased by Rob Harverson for £247,000 at the final auction of 2008!