LA17 CEY Number Plate Value

Key Factors Behind This Valuation

• 11 auction hammer prices for these letters in this format, median £1,210
• 92 DVLA retail stock movements, median £399
• 50+ equivalent reads live in DVLA stock from £1,199
• Reads LACEY (read score 86)

How LA17 CEY Reads

LACEY read score 86/100

The whole plate reads as it once the odd digit fades from the read.

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 11 auction hammer prices for plates sharing these letters in this same plate format, with a median of £1,210, anchoring the band to what buyers actually pay rather than asking prices.

The Full Story

LA17 CEY is a current style (2001 on) registration.

Its standout feature is the read: it says LACEY. The whole plate reads as it once the odd digit fades from the read. 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: a standard year identifier that doubles as 2017, useful for birthdays and anniversaries.

Best of all, we hold real market evidence for plates like this one: 11 auction hammer prices sharing these letters in the same plate format, with a typical (median) result of £1,210. 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 92 priced movements from plates carrying the CEY block in our DVLA stock tracking, with a typical (median) price of £399. 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 quiet over the last three months (0 searches), which feeds the demand side of the picture.

Reality check from the shelf: 50 or more equivalent LACEY 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.