K888 GEM Number Plate Value
A genuine statement plate: prefix style (1983-2001).
Key Factors Behind This Valuation
- 5 auction hammer prices for these letters in this format, median £1,300
- 6 DVLA retail stock movements, median £999
- 15 equivalent reads live in DVLA stock from £1,199
- Reads GEM (read score 100)
- Standout number combination
How K888 GEM Reads
GEM read score 100/100
The letters spell it outright.
Name and word reads carry the deepest demand: a plate that spells something real appeals to every matching buyer at once, and that pool never empties.
Auction Evidence
We hold 5 auction hammer prices for plates sharing these letters in this same plate format, with a median of £1,300, anchoring the band to what buyers actually pay rather than asking prices.
Registration Provenance
- First registered 28 Jan 2000
- 4 recorded keepers
- 4 plate transfers on record (previously K888GEM)
- Most recent cherished transfer: 22 Nov 2017
Previous registrations carried by the associated vehicle: K888GEM, V768SOK, B19BEM, T3DPP
Sourced from the Vehicle Data Global registration record.
The Full Story
K888 GEM is a prefix style (1983-2001) registration.
Its standout feature is the read: it says GEM. The letters spell it outright. Plates that spell something real always sit above the crowd, because they appeal to everyone who shares the name or the meaning rather than one buyer with matching initials.
On the numbers: repeated digits (888) read beautifully and always attract attention.
Best of all, we hold real market evidence for plates like this one: 5 auction hammer prices sharing these letters in the same plate format, with a typical (median) result of £1,300. Hammer prices are actual sold prices, the strongest evidence there is, and they are what this band is built on.
Alongside that, our estimate draws on 6 priced movements from plates carrying the GEM block in our DVLA stock tracking, with a typical (median) price of £999. Worth knowing: these are DVLA retail asking prices for NEW stock at fixed price bands, so the resale market usually prices above them once a plate is no longer available new.
Search interest on our own site for this read has been some over the last three months (2 searches), which feeds the demand side of the picture.
Reality check from the shelf: 15 equivalent GEM reads are available new in DVLA stock right now from £1,199. Live supply like that anchors what anyone will pay, because a buyer can always take the cheaper alternative.
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