{"id":653,"date":"2008-02-18T06:58:41","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T06:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2008\/02\/18\/number-plate-1\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T14:18:54","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T14:18:54","slug":"number-plate-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2008\/02\/18\/number-plate-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Number plate &#8220;1&#8221; sells for record \u00a37.4 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/13_full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" alt=\"13_full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/13_full.jpg\"  style=\"float: left;margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a><br \/> A new world record has been broken as someone paid the highest amount ever for the number plate \u201c1\u201d in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>An Emirati businessman placed a bid of 52.2 million dirhams, about \u00a37.4 million, for plate number \u20181\u2019 at an auction in Abu Dhabi. The owner was ready to bid up 100 million dirhams to acquire the plate.<\/p>\n<p>Buyer Saeed Abdul Ghaffar Khouri told local reporters from <em>ArabianBusiness<\/em> that he hadn\u2019t bought the plate as investment but predicted its value would likely double within two years.<\/p>\n<p>Source photo: <em>ArabianBusiness<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new world record has been broken as someone paid the highest amount ever for the number plate \u201c1\u201d in the Middle East. An Emirati businessman placed a bid of 52.2 million dirhams, about \u00a37.4 million, for plate number \u20181\u2019 at an auction in Abu Dhabi. 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