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Dubai-based Indian businessman Balwinder Sahani, centre, looks on during an auction in Dubai on October 8, 2016. He paid Dh33m for a Dubai licence plate bearing the number 5. AFP
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AA8 came close to breaking the world record when it sold for Dh35 million. Photo: RTA
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V66 sold for Dh4 million. Photo: RTA
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Saeed Khoury, right, poses with the most expensive car number plate after he won it in an auction in Abu Dhabi on February 16, 2008. AFP
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Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority said the Q 22 number plate fetched Dh5million at its 108th Open Auction in December. Photo: Wam
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Charity auctions for number plates attract many interested bidders. Courtesy RTA
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Dubai-based Indian businessman Balwinder Sahani, centre, looks on during an auction in Dubai on October 8, 2016. He paid Dh33m for a Dubai licence plate bearing the number 5. AFP
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AA8 came close to breaking the world record when it sold for Dh35 million. Photo: RTA
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V66 sold for Dh4 million. Photo: RTA
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Saeed Khoury, right, poses with the most expensive car number plate after he won it in an auction in Abu Dhabi on February 16, 2008. AFP
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Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority said the Q 22 number plate fetched Dh5million at its 108th Open Auction in December. Photo: Wam
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Charity auctions for number plates attract many interested bidders. Courtesy RTA
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Dubai-based Indian businessman Balwinder Sahani, centre, looks on during an auction in Dubai on October 8, 2016. He paid Dh33m for a Dubai licence plate bearing the number 5. AFP
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