Biggest license plate collection

Local resident accrues massive license plate collection. Charles Betzler August 30, Sponsored by:. Sign in. Toggle Menu Close. Search for: Search. Just last year, he revealed to the public his multimillion pound collection of top of the line vehicles in Germany when he took some of them out for a day at the races. However, he was best known for his love of cars. The bidder said that the plate was going on his old red Skoda. Why did Bishara decide to shell out a mortgage payment on the license plate for his car?

In the most romantic gesture on this list, Nail Bishara actually bought this for his wife's Rolls Royce. Looks like this license plate is the second nicest thing he bought for his significant other. In , a couple by the name of Donna and Ray White were the winners of an auction for the No. Delaware is a hub for license plate auctions as multiple are held throughout the year with different types of license plates being sold. This No. The coveted plate came from a prominent New Castle County family who went unnamed in the auction.

Delaware is a strong believer in the importance of a valuable license plates. Delaware has specific vehicle registration laws that allow license plates to be transferred from one party to another, one of the last states to participate in this practice. The process is now seen as a smart and intellectual way to pass down valuable assets from generation to generation. We all know Texas loves them some football, and that is certainly reflected in their license plate purchases.

The Seattle Seahawks now refer to their fans in the same way, and fanbases take great pride in wearing this title. After Murphy passed away, he left a lot behind to his family including his house, his Chrysler, and yes, his license plate that read No. In fact, when the assets were released, most people in the cult following of license plate collectibles believed the plate was the most valuable thing Mr. Charles Murphy left behind. In the end, it was a family of real-estate brokers, the Fuscos, who purchased the No.

One of the many allures of the license plate collecting community is the rarity of the plate they covet. The fewer of that plate that exists, the better and more valuable they become. Such is the case with the Mississippi license plate. Postal Service works exceptionally well, which is good news if all you collect are U. But when it comes to foreign countries, the sky is the limit to how much grief you can experience through the mail or going through customs.

Inexperienced sellers still pack plates cheaply, permitting them to be bent in half, but this all pales in comparison if you have to travel through customs in a foreign country with one or more license plates that aren't attached to the exterior of any car.

Explaining the hobby of plate collecting to some customs officials in foreign countries can be a harrowing experience from what we've heard, and one not too dissimilar from explaining the concept of a human hobby to an extraterrestrial, especially if that extraterrestrial has already decided that you're breaking some law even if you know that you're not.

In short, ask collectors in those countries if you want to bring a couple of souvenirs home with you, or mail them to yourself.

Car Life. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. Vintage U. Part of a South Korean plate display. Picking what plates to collect can be tough.

A display of police plates. The stories are what make the hobby great. A plate from the Russian mining colony of Barentsburg. Get used to going to the post office. Collectors bring their plates to sell and to trade. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano. The Automobile License Plate Collectors Association has almost members, and it holds an annual national convention, as well as smaller regional ones.

But even within this large community of collectors, Paul's collection of 22, plates is very impressive. Seeing that, I wondered if Paul actually had the true world record. But no, he assures me that Guinness is wrong. While his collection is undeniably large, he doubts it's even the biggest in San Diego County, and this BBC article indicates there's a collector in Florida with over 50, plates.

Paul stores his license plates thematically. Along one wall above left he has boxes of plates arranged by state. He long ago acquired plates from every state.