We received a question on the 1969 Maine Dealer license plate this week  (https://www.ebay.com/itm/384265811078) Question: “I’ve never seen this license plate base. Do you have information on what the SV designation meant? Snowmobile dealer?” According to Tom: “The ALPCA Archives shows a plate just like it, number 400, with both 1969 and 1970 stickers. It […]

I thought that I’d mention that the analytics of the weekly Boyd auction popularity contest does not always correlate with the highest priced plate sold each week. It does frequently match which license plates are popular among license plate collectors. Popular this week are the 1947 Oregon with a low number (https://www.ebay.com/itm/384240265746 – 23 Watchers), […]

Through the years, Tom has obtained many “amateur repaints” as he calls them. These repaints are usually older plates, often with a good base on which collectors have done a fast paint job, sometimes with an entirely wrong paint color. He intends to auction some of them on ebay over the next few years, always […]

The LicpL8s eBay weekly popularity contest winners: 1920 Oregon license plate https://www.ebay.com/itm/384215800806 – 20 Watchers – NICE high-quality plate. NICE is Tom’s highest compliment. I have never seen him list any plate on eBay or on the website as RARE. 1966 Alaska license plate https://www.ebay.com/itm/363430539902 – 19 Watchers – This plate is always popular. It […]