Event: 2016 Shannons Melbourne Winter Classic Auction
Date: 11 July 2016
Location: 321 Warrigal Road, Cheltenham, Victoria
Thirteen Victorian heritage plates were offered at this auction, with the highlight of the night being the 2-digit plate 21 which sold for $530,000.
The previous record for a Victorian heritage plate auctioned by Shannons was $322,000 for 47 back in 2007.
The full results are detailed below. If the number appears as a link you can follow it to our photo of the plate on a car.
2 digit:
- 21 – $530,000 (18 bids)
3 digit:
- 448 – $62,000 (16 bids)
- 590 – $58,000 (19 bids)
- 671 – $60,000 (26 bids)
- 802 – $62,000 (21 bids)
4 digit:
- 1312 – $24,000 (11 bids)
- 1815* – $18,000 (11 bids)
- 2266 – $29,000 (20 bids)
- 3801 – $29,000 (16 bids)
- 8844 – $22,000 (9 bids)
5 digit:
- 11666 – $18,000 (10 bids)
- 86686 – $12,000 (5 bids)
- 93960 – $10,000 (3 bids)
* 1815 is a bicentennial plate.
Scroll past the image to see the original price guides and pre-auction commentary.
Thirteen Victorian heritage plates will be offered at this auction, but all eyes will be on Vic 21.
21 is the lowest Victorian plate ever to be auctioned by Shannons, and is expected to comfortably beat the previous record held by 47 which sold for $322,000 almost a decade ago in 2007.
Aside from the very special 2-digit plate, there are also four 3-digit plates, five 4-digit plates and three 5-digit plates to be offered.
The plates to be offered and their price guides are detailed below:
2 digit:
- 21 – $500k – $550k
3 digit:
- 448 – $40k – $55k
- 590 – $40k – $55k
- 671 – $40k – $55k
- 802 – $40k – $55k
4 digit:
- 1312 – $14k – $18k
- 1815 – $10k – $15k (bicentennial plate)
- 2266 – $14k – $18k
- 3801 – $14k – $18k
- 8844 – $14k – $18k
5 digit:
- 11666 – $10k – $15k (no reserve)
- 86686 – $10k – $15k (no reserve)
- 93960 – $10k – $15k (no reserve)
You can view the full auction listing on the Shannons website by clicking here.