Up to speed – M1 number plate sets £300,000 record at Goodwood

M1, one of the most sought-after UK registration numbers, set a new world record price for a car number plate when it sold for £300,000 at Bonhams’ Goodwood Festival of Speed sale of Sports, Competition and Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia on July 7.

The history of the number begins with Maurice, son of Alan, Third Lord Egerton of Tatton. He secured…

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