- DH35 million (~ $ 9.5 million).
- The 13 -year -old bidder guarantees the DD24 plate for $ 1.8 million in unexpected youth participation.
- The auction auction increases a total of 22.7 million dollars of USD for global health initiatives.
In Dubai, the extravagance does not know the boundaries and the luxury is not just about the car you drive – about the number on your plate. As it is understood, some of these prestigious plates are more valuable than the super cars in which they are installed, and it creates a distinctive collector market with a Dubai.
The last part of Dubai’s high -betting luxury game took place at the ‘most noble number’ auction, when collectors and businessmen fought on the rare plate numbers of the same intensity as an art auction in Christie’s. The most popular plate of the evening was the DD5 plate sold for 35 million DH (~ 9.5 million USD). It was hosted at the event Armani Dubai Hotel in Burj Khalife And he saw that simple number of sequences were sold like millions of dollars of treasures.
When the numbers become luxury assets
The atmosphere at Armani Dubai Hotel was full of excitement as auction organized by Muhammad bin Rashid al Maktum Global initiatives (MBRGI). Emirates Auction to start.
The first item was the DD5 plate that started with a 15 million DH offer. This led to an intensive battle between more than 20 willing participants, and the winner, Bugatti and Jacob & Co. Muhammad Binghatti, who was known in cooperation with and was also a real estate mogulu who was also president of Binghatti Holding.
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However, the most interesting part of the evening was perhaps the participation of a 13 -year -old bidder named Abdulkader Walid Asaad. The DD5 could not get the plate, but he managed to get away from DD24 to $ 1.8 million and proved that luxury was not an age limit in Dubai.
Breaking records for a noble reason
The headline was not the only DD5. Other high -profile plates sold for equally large numbers: DD12, $ 3.5 million, DD77 $ 3.4 million and DD15 $ 2.5 million. Even a collection of 20 VIP mobile phone numbers increased over $ 2 million and caused the total auction to be $ 22.7 million (~ $ 36 million Aud).
This is not the first Rodeo in Dubai’s record -breaking plate sales world. In 2023, the city wrote history when the ‘P7’ plate was sold for about $ 15 million (~ $ 24 million AUD) and determined the world record for the most expensive plate that has been auctioned so far.
However, beyond the exhibition of wealth and status, these auctions actually serve a noble purpose. All revenues from such activities turn to worldwide health and humanitarian projects through MBRI initiative, and show that even the most exaggerated reserves in Dubai can come with a benevolent bending.
