Mr Bolton buys BO11 TON number plate for £5,000
9:03am Thursday 21st March 2013 in News
A PERSONALISED Bolton number plate has sold for £5,500 at auction — more than five times its reserve!
The one-off registration number BO11 TON was sold to a lucky bidder called Mr Bolton.
In a tense bid-off, Reuben Bolton managed to secure the number plate at yesterday's auction with phone bids from his base in Ipswich.
Mr Bolton, aged 40, collects personalised plates to complement his family-run recycling and waste management business, called Bolton Brothers.
His latest purchase will add to his 30 other plates.
He said: “I’m really pleased with it.
“The closest I’ve got to a Bolton registration is with 801 TON which I bought a few years ago.”
Mr Bolton will have to pay a total of £7,208 with VAT, buyers' premium and assignment fees.
Personalised registration manager Damian Lawson, from the DVLA, said: “It’s a unique plate if you’re either from Bolton, a Bolton Wanderers football fan or you have the same name, like the buyer. There was a lot of interest in it.”
The Bolton plate was among 1,500 others to go under the hammer at the DVLA three-day auction in Leeds.
And BO11 TON was one of five plates resembling English town names, including DU12 HAM, HA11 FAX and HU11 CTY.
Comments(15)
marco999
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11:52am Thu 21 Mar 13
Hough64
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12:05pm Thu 21 Mar 13
wsw69
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2:18pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Aliante
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3:13pm Thu 21 Mar 13
2. who cares what he spends his money on? 'Ipswich man spends money on something he wants' is not a story either
coolcat
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7:59pm Thu 21 Mar 13
The standard of grammar and syntax in the newspaper is dreadful.
127001
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5:05am Fri 22 Mar 13
Bolton Hospice would have been a good option for £5,500...
just sayin.
davoovad
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5:13am Fri 22 Mar 13
Hough64 wrote:Nothing to do with you either, your do-gooding is not required here !!!
What has it got to do with you what this man spends is money on? I suspect you may be atad jealous this fella has money to spare.
MarkAllRead
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9:23am Fri 22 Mar 13
Er.... so's mine.
Hough64
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9:42am Fri 22 Mar 13
davoovad wrote:Just because I am not bitter, twisted and jealous does not make me a do gooder. Some of us dont feel the need to constantly comment on how people live their lives you sad lonely little pleb.
Hough64 wrote: What has it got to do with you what this man spends is money on? I suspect you may be atad jealous this fella has money to spare.Nothing to do with you either, your do-gooding is not required here !!!
cliff4treasurer
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12:26pm Fri 22 Mar 13
it's "cliff4 treasurer" i made it myself.
boltonnut
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4:09pm Fri 22 Mar 13
questionairre
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5:22pm Fri 22 Mar 13
It seems that Hough64 thinks that any comment that is posted on this forum that he/she does not like gets the 'WHATS IT GOT TO DO WITH YOU' response
I mean, just look at one i received less than a week ago
'No one did ask you. What on earth has this families living situation got to do with you? As long as they are ok that is all that matters. The last thing they need is snide comments from the likes of idiots like you'.
Looks very familiar does'nt it.
Hough- The whole purpose of a forum is that it has a lot to do with every one who wishes to post a comment. EVEN YOU!
buckfuzzby
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12:00am Sat 23 Mar 13
ALI MINIUM KHAN
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7:27pm Wed 27 Mar 13
Brumas says...
11:10am Thu 21 Mar 13