Key PointsThe plate was first issued to a car of NSW’s first Police Commissioner.Sir Frederick Stewart had them on his Oldsmobile earlier than his passing in 1961.They have been transferred to his widow who handed away in 2000.
Heritage car quantity plate New South Wales 1 is being supplied on the market through public public sale for the primary time in 110 years.
Supplied by Lloyd’s Auctioneers and Valuers of Sydney, the present bid for NSW 1, which can happen on 27 January, stands at a record-breaking $10,010,000.
The plates have been first issued to a car of the state’s first Police Commissioner.
They have been then acquired by Sir Frederick Stewart, the profitable Newcastle railwayman turned bus firm proprietor and founding chairman of Australian Nationwide Airways, who had them on his Oldsmobile earlier than his passing in 1961.
They have been then transferred to his widow who handed away in 2000, however have solely come up for public sale now.
On its web site, Lloyd’s signifies bidders should be pre-approved to bid. NSW plate Quantity 4 bought for a record-setting $2.45 million in 2017.
