The British car registration number 1 D, sold for £352,411.25 at an auction held by the DVLA recently. The sale was the latest in a regular series of sales, organised by the agency that regulates UK vehicle number plates.

 
Lot 280, 1 D, was the star attraction at the event. With a reserve of £20,000 - the highest ever set at a DVLA auction - it was clear that a good sale price was expected. The £285,000 winning bid does not represent the real full cost to the number's new owner, however. With fees and taxes, 1 D's total cost will be £352,411.25, a sum that puts it at number 2 in the table of the UK's most expensive private number plates ever.