License plate collecting with the Wizard

January 20th, 2018 at 7:03:55 PM permalink
Evenbob
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It closed successfully at $5,378.85. .


Ahem. If you cruise back a week you'll
see I said this plate is worth a $5500
investment. I don't just pull those numbers
out of the air, I did this business for 20
years and was good at it. Good stuff just
got too hard to find and I got out.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
February 2nd, 2018 at 8:28:08 PM permalink
Wizard
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Quote: Evenbob
Ahem. If you cruise back a week you'll
see I said this plate is worth a $5500
investment.


You were pretty close to the target then. All due credit is given.

On another topic, whenever I do a search on license plates these puffy jackets keep coming up. This auction is already at $520 and has five days to go. As someone with thousands of dollars in mountaineering gear, there is no way that jacket is worth $520. You could buy a jacket suitable for an Everest expedition for that. Has anyone else actually seen one on the streets? Not me, but then again, consider where I live.
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February 5th, 2018 at 11:37:51 AM permalink
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I'm not sure if I should post this here or in the Super Bowl thread at WoV. I'll go with here. Speaking of celebrity license plates, there is an auction for the license plate on Tom Brady's car. You can Google the "Tom Brady car accident and see lots of pictures of the wrecked car with the NJ license plate YZX 75Z. Tom sure looked a lot younger just seven years ago. A lot like Matt Damon.


source of photo

Even though I'm no fan of Brady or the Patriots, somehow I want this license plate. Schadenfreude, I suppose.
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February 5th, 2018 at 6:14:04 PM permalink
Ayecarumba
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I'm not sure if I should post this here or in the Super Bowl thread at WoV. I'll go with here. Speaking of celebrity license plates, there is an auction for the license plate on Tom Brady's car. You can Google the "Tom Brady car accident and see lots of pictures of the wrecked car with the NJ license plate YZX 75Z. Tom sure looked a lot younger just seven years ago. A lot like Matt Damon.


source of photo

Even though I'm no fan of Brady or the Patriots, somehow I want this license plate. Schadenfreude, I suppose.


The auction claims to be for the rear plate, but it sure is bent. What happened to the front plate? Are the front or rear worth different amounts?

Does New Jersey use registration stickers?
February 5th, 2018 at 6:24:10 PM permalink
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The auction claims to be for the rear plate, but it sure is bent. What happened to the front plate? Are the front or rear worth different amounts?

Does New Jersey use registration stickers?


New Jersey is the only state I can think of offhand that doesn't use registration stickers on the license plates but on the window of the car. So, assuming equal condition, the front and back plates should be worth the same because they would be the same.
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February 6th, 2018 at 2:40:14 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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New Jersey is the only state I can think of offhand that doesn't use registration stickers on the license plates but on the window of the car.


Add:

New York
Virginia--who puts them ugly in the center of the windshield.
The President is a fink.
February 6th, 2018 at 6:49:06 AM permalink
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Add:

New York
Virginia--who puts them ugly in the center of the windshield.


I'm impressed!
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February 6th, 2018 at 8:19:36 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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I'm impressed!


At me or them?
The President is a fink.
February 6th, 2018 at 10:12:32 AM permalink
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At me or them?


You.
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February 6th, 2018 at 10:35:10 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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You.


Looks more impressive than it is.

I lived in NY for years.
I remember VA because it is the ugliest thing to have it in the middle of the windshield.
The President is a fink.