The value of "vanity license plates" climbed to new heights on Saturday when a car license plate wit

Описание: (17 Feb 2008) HEADLINE: License to buy: plate goes for record sum
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CAPTION: A vanity license plate with just the number '1' goes for a record sum at a Middle East charity auction. When all the bidding was done, a series of plates raked in $24 million. (Feb. 17)
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[Notes:VO sequence of license plates with numbers]

IN THE WORLD OF VANITY LICENSE PLATES ... IT PAYS TO BE NUMBER ONE.

THIS PLATE IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES RECENTLY WENT UP FOR AUCTION ...

[Notes:NATS UP auction haggling]

[Notes:VO images of plates on screen]

PART OF A SERIES OF UNIQUE LICENSE PLATES ... AUCTIONED OFF FOR CHARITY IN THIS OIL-RICH GULF STATE.

[Notes:NATS UP auction haggling]

90 PLATES IN ALL, RAISING 24-MILLION DOLLARS FOR ACCIDENT VICTIMS. AS FOR THE PLATE WITH THAT LONE WESTERN NUMERAL ... SOLD, TO A MEMBER OF A PROMINENT ABU DHABI FAMILY ... RICH FROM REAL ESTATE. ABLE TO AFFORD A LICENSE PLATE SELLING FOR A NEW RECORD ... 14 MILLION DOLLARS.

[Notes:NATS UP Arabic]

ITS PROUD OWNER SAYS THERE WAS NO COMPETITION. HE LIKED THE NUMBER, AND GOT IT ... ADDING THAT NUMBER ONE IS THE BEST NUMBER, AND THE MAN SHOULD ALWAYS BE FIRST.

A NEW NUMBER, MARKING THIS SELF-PROCLAIMED KING OF THE ROAD.

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