Russian lovers of fancy car registration numbers can stop bragging about jaw-dropping prices they have paid for the status. They are actually no match for an Emirati businessman Arid Ahmad al-Zarooni who beat all fans of numerology. And just like in an Arabian fairy tale, everything is beautiful in this story, the number itself and its price.
It was reported that the lucky businessman bought a license plate bearing the only number 1 for near $5 million. Arid Ahmad al-Zarooni said that his ambition is always to be number one, so he was ready to pay even more if needed. The sale of license plates is common in the United Arab Emirates. The road police regularly hold such auctions where vanity plates go under the hammer. Meanwhile, all the money from the auction will go to charity. Those who want to distinguish themselves on the road would rather choose numbers between 1 and 60. Among the most expensive license plates were 12, 22, and 50. The auction made a total of $13 million. By the way, the highest sum for this kind of bid was paid in 2008 when Saeed Abdul Ghafour Khouri spent around $14.5 million on a license plate with number 1.
