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Chandigarh: The much-sought-after number 0001 was sold for Rs 4,10,000 in the e-auction of vehicle registration numbers of the CH 01 BP series, which concluded this evening.
In the last auction, the same number was sold for Rs 5,01,000. The RLA earned nearly Rs 54 lakh from the auction of the 218 numbers.
A businessman, Joginder Pal Sharma, has gifted the 0001 number to his son Rajneesh Sharma. Delighted over getting the number, Rajneesh said they bought the number for his Mercedes, which was also gifted to him by his father on his birthday. Rajneesh said they were determined to get the number at any cost. The 0009 number fetched the second-highest amount of Rs 3,11,000. The 0005 number was sold for Rs 2,51,000 while the other numbers were sold as follows: 0002 (Rs 1,38,000), 0003 (Rs 1,55,000), 0004 (Rs 85,000), 0006 (Rs 61,000), 0007 (Rs 2,30,000) 0008 (Rs 1,30,000) and 0010 (Rs 1,86,000). The reserve price for 0001 was Rs 50,000 while for other vanity numbers up to 10, it was Rs 30,000. This time, all eyes were on the 0001 number, which witnessed a stiff competition among the claimants. The successful bidders will be required to get their vehicles registered as well as deposit the balance bid amount within one month from the date of the auction. —TNS
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