A 1931 Long Island Motor Parkway Plate Being Sold on Ebay
A current Ebay auction provides an opportunity to purchase one of the most treasured pieces of Vanderbilia- a Long Island Motor Parkway license plate.
The 1931 red and white plate #76 appears to be in mint condition and had not been previously listed in the Motor Parkway License Plate Census.
The auction for item # 380386821822 will end on Friday at 1:36 PM EST.
The current high bid of $526 (7 bidders) is below the reserve price. I predict the final bid will be placed in the last 10 seconds of the auction and will exceed $1,500.
November 25, 2011 Update: The winning bid was $2,551, a record for a Motor Parkway plate sold on Ebay. A total of 14 bids were offered with three bids over $2,367.
Motor Parkway License Plate Census- Updated: November 22, 2011
Adding the above 1931 #76, there are now 79 known surviving plates, just over 1% of the total plates that were produced. From 1912 to 1937, an estimated 7,400 Long Island Motor Parkway license plates were manufactured including; 6,700 regular plates and 700 golf club plates.
If you have a Motor Parkway plate that is not listed, please send a jpeg to me at [email protected] .
......... Regular Color.........
...........Combo...............# Known Quantity
1912....White & Red..................................0
1913....White/Blue....................................0
1914....Red/White.....................................0
1915.....Black/Yellow.................................0
1916.....Yellow/Black.................................0
1917.....Black/White..................................0
1918.....White/Blue....................................1
1919.....Brown/White.................................0
1920.....Yellow/Black.................................0
1921.....Black/Green..................................0
1922.....Unknown.......................................0
1923.....White/Blue....................................0
1924.....Red/White....................................3
1925.....Blue/Gray.....................................1
1926.....Green/White................................ 1
1927.....Orange/Blue.................................1
1928.....Red/White....................................8
1928.....Yellow/Green (Golf).....................2
1929.....Black/White............................... .6
1929.....Blue/White (Golf)..........................2
1930.....Red/White....................................8
#25 belonged to the National Highway Association
1930.....Black/Yellow (Golf) ......................1
1931.....Red/White.....................................11
1931.....Blue/White (Golf)..........................1
1932.....White/Black..................................11
#158 belonged to E.F. Hutton
1932.....White/Green (Golf)........................2
1933.....White/Orange................................3
1934.....Blue/White....................................7
1935.....Black /Red....................................3
#1 belonged to stockbroker Joseph Grier
1937.....Blue/White....................................7
#100 belonged to William K.Vanderbilt, Jr.
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............Total............................................79
Links to related posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com and the Internet:
Archives: Long Island Motor Parkway License Plates
Article “The License Plates of the Vanderbilt Long Island Motor Parkway”
Index: Archives on VanderbiltCupRaces.com
Archives: Monthly Highlights (2008-2011)
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