Summary:
LUCKNOW: It was number '1' which fetched the highest amount, Rs 56,000, in the first-ever e-auction held for fancy registration numbers in Lucknow. The numbers are '1111' and '9'.The registration number '9' was sold at Rs 37,500 while Rs '1111' was sold for Rs 36,500. While number 1 was bought by an individual customer number 9999 was bought by a firm.Two more numbers, which along with 1 and 9999 are in the costliest and 'most attractive ' bracket of fancy registration numbers in UP, found more than three bidders each. The initial four days were meant for registration of bidders and remaining three days for online auction.Registrations were done for at least 72 fancy numbers but it was for only eight of these numbers that number of bidders was the requisite three or more. The other numbers e-auctioned were 5151, 7171 and 2323..