Dubai number plate auction
Published October 27th, 2007
Owner of General Trading, Bin Thyab was the highest bidder at the auction organised in aid of the Dubai Cares campaign at Jumeirah Beach Hotel. He bought the number plate F/196 for Dh300,000.
The auction raised nearly Dh9 million and was added to six weeks’ worth of Salik revenue, equivalent to Dh35 million, donated by RTA.
Bin Thyab’s number 48 bidding card was raised several times during the auction and he also bought F/1221, F/9991, F/7773. In all, he spent Dh523,000 “only because it was for charity.”
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