The 66th Annual International Automobile License Plate Collectors Association (ALPCA) Convention will take place August 4th-7th in Covington, Kentucky. This is an ALPCA member-only event.

This week the 1929 Alabama and 1948 New Mexico License plates are the current winners of oue Boyd weekly ebay auction popularity contest. Both are tough plates to find in reasonable condition from southern states. The 1948 New Mexico plate (https://www.ebay.com/itm/384265810179) has 27 Watchers and the 1929 Alabama (https://www.ebay.com/itm/363462206702) has 20 Watchers. It is interesting […]

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), […]