{"id":6054,"date":"2013-10-15T16:13:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T16:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/10\/15\/you-cant-put-a-value-on-something-so-rare\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T13:33:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T13:33:55","slug":"you-cant-put-a-value-on-something-so-rare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/15\/you-cant-put-a-value-on-something-so-rare\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You can\u2019t put a value on something so rare\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Afzal Kahn on turning down a reported \u00a36m for his prized ‘F1’ Number Plate<\/h3>\n
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WHEN it comes to private number plates, there\u2019s no doubting one businessman from Bradford knows his stuff. <\/strong><\/div>\n

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Entrepreneur Afzal Kahn has spent a fortune building up one of the most valuable number plate collections in the world. <\/div>\n

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His first number plate – ‘KHA 17’ – was purchased for \u00a3700. Four years later he sold the plate for \u00a36,000. It was at that moment Kahn’s passion for number plates turned from a hobby into a business. <\/div>\n

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Today Kahn has amassed over 30 number plates in his ever growing collection, with the value of each plate varying considerably. <\/div>\n

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The cheapest – R3 CKD – is priced at just \u00a3417, and his most expensive is ‘F1’. <\/div>\n

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Afzal doesn’t disclose how much his prized ‘F1’ number plate is worth but recent reports may give us a clue. <\/div>\n

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Last month it was reported Afzal turned down a cool \u00a36m for the number plate!<\/div>\n

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Not a bad investment considering the Bradford entrepreneur paid a then British record \u00a3440,625 for the plate in 2008. <\/div>\n

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When pressed on the reports, Afzal told The Asian Today: “The offer that I had was by someone who has no relationship with F1. It was by an investor who buys art and collects unique rare pieces.”<\/div>\n

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So does turning down \u00a36m mean he’ll never part with it?<\/div>\n

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“You can\u2019t put a value on something so rare. And I have got attached to it,” he reveals.<\/div>\n

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For Afzal, his search for unique plates continues. And from a business perspective, he know’s the only way is up. <\/div>\n

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“The right number plate makes the car,” he says. <\/div>\n

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“I believe they are a better investment that property \u2013 they only go one way. Number plates are a great investment and always will be. They are a better investment than gold and property these days. <\/div>\n

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“I have been in two recessions and everything falls apart from number plates. They are only issued once and you can only get one of a kind.”<\/div>\n

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For more information, visit: <\/em>http:\/\/www.kahndesign.com\/registrations\/registrations.php<\/em><\/a> <\/em><\/div>\n

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Afzal Kahn on turning down a reported \u00a36m for his prized ‘F1’ Number Plate WHEN it comes to private number plates, there\u2019s no doubting one businessman from Bradford knows his stuff. Entrepreneur Afzal Kahn has spent a fortune building up one of the most valuable number plate collections in the world. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}