104th open auto plates auction in Dubai brings in AED36m

104th open auto plates auction in Dubai brings in AED36m

DUBAI — The 104th Open Auction for Distinctive Number Plates, organized Saturday by Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) took in AED36.224 million.This amount compares favorably with the proceeds of the last open plates auction the Roads and Transport Authority held in December 2019, which reached AED19 millions, an increase of 83 percent over earlier auctions.This year's auction was held at the InterContinental Dubai Festival City Hotel, and was the first open plates auction RTA organized in 2020. The plate (V12) was the sale topper, bringing in AED7millions, followed by (S20), which sold for