PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island couple is pushing for an exception to state law that would allow them to raise money for charity by selling their prized family heirloom - license plate No. 11.
Low-numbered license plates could once fetch high prices in the state, but now owners can only transfer them to relatives. Otherwise, a lottery is held to award it to someone else.
The Pawtucket Times reports (https://bit.ly/2qzbHiV ) David and Carol Anne Hayes, both in their 70s, won’t be able to pass their plate to their children, who live out of state. Instead, they asked a state House committee last week to create an exception for charitable auctions.
David told the panel he was offered $25,000 cash for the plate 40 years ago, and imagines it would be much more valuable now.
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