# Vanity plate sold for $14 million in UAE

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**Created:** [February 22, 2008, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vanity-plate-sold-for-14-million-in-uae/235756 "2008-02-22T09:27:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vanity-plate-sold-for-14-million-in-uae/235756/1 "2008-02-22T09:27:44Z")

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> Vanity plate sold for $14 million in UAE  
> The Associated Press

> ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates --A license plate with nothing but the number “1” on it went for a record $14 million at a charity auction Saturday.

> Saeed Khouri, a member of a wealthy Abu Dhabi family, wouldn’t say how many automobiles he owned or which of them might carry the record-breaking single-digit plate.

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> “I bought it because it’s the best number,” said Khouri, whose family made its fortune in real estate. “I bought it because I want to be the best in the world.”

> The oil-rich UAE began auctioning off vanity license plates last May.

> Ordinary automobile license plates issued to drivers here - and even most other vanity series plates - carry both Arabic and Western numerals and script, defining the issuing city and country.

> Khouri’s plate, however, has only the Western numeral and no letters.

> The record sale surpassed the $6.8 million that was paid for an Emirati license plate at an earlier auction with the Western number 5 on it - also without Arabic numerals or letters.

> Proceeds from the auctions, which are held in a lavish hotel here, go to a rehabilitation center for victims of traffic accidents.

> On Saturday, 90 license plates were auctioned off in all, raising a total of $24 million. The previous five such events raised more than $50 million.

And I thought NYS DMV 50$ a year was too much :wow

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**Author:** ![GranMassaX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/granmassax/32/6299_2.png) [@GranMassaX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GranMassaX)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vanity-plate-sold-for-14-million-in-uae/235756/2 "2008-02-22T09:29:12Z")

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F them all

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**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vanity-plate-sold-for-14-million-in-uae/235756/3 "2008-02-22T09:29:48Z")

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> [@GranMassaX](#):
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> F them all

+1

…only in UAE would that happen :idiots

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**Author:** ![JRubino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jrubino/32/6285_2.png) [@JRubino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JRubino)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vanity-plate-sold-for-14-million-in-uae/235756/4 "2008-02-22T13:29:46Z")

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I wonder what car it’s going on. Chances are not something more then $14 million.