Collector snaps up valuable GP number plate collection for R1.9 million

South Africa’s most valuable number plate collection – 1-GP through to 8-GP – has been sold on auction in Johannesburg on Tuesday, for R1 890 000.

The winning bid for the collection came close to matching its estimated price of R2 million on the Stephan Welz & Co auction, while the “missing” 9-GP owned by Springbok great Joost van der Westhuizen fetched R167,000 which exceeded its estimated price.

Numbers 1-GP to 8-GP were sold to a classic car collector who intends to use them on eight of his prized possessions, said Stephan Welz & Co consultant Jack Rosewitz.

Number plate Mandela GP sold for R66,000, while a Cobra race car once owned and raced by former South African cricket captain Clive Rice, who passed away last year after a battle with cancer, was sold for R222,000, matching its estimated price.

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