Australian number plate sells for nearly $2 million
SYDNEY: A black-and-white number plate with the single digit "4" has sold at a Sydney auction for a record-breaking near US$2.0 million, reportedly to a Chinese-Australian sex toy entrepreneur.
The sale shattered pre-sale estimates of up to Aus$1.5 million, with the auction hammer coming down at Aus$2.45 million -- more than twice the average cost of a Sydney home.
"Just nine of these New South Wales number plates were ever issued, making them ultra-collectable and irreplaceable," said Shannon's auction manager…