Comments on: Northwest Canadian Plates

By: alex kruit

alex kruit — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:37:18 +0000

andy,i used to be a collector of license plates,but lost
interest,i got 15 n.w.t.plates from 1970-1983,1977 is a set
1983 is a set,1973 low no.117,bought from alpca member
no.18 shib pixley,all are in mint to very good condition
and are for sale,interested???

By: Andy Bernstein

Andy Bernstein — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:37:29 +0000

Hi David. Thank you for your comment! Nunavut plates are great items and while you have not indicated whether these are passenger plates are not, they would be worth about $100-$150 each. 1972 was not the first year for the NWT. This would be 1941. If you meant the first year of the BEAR shaped plate, this would be 1970.

I hope this helps you out.

Best regards,

ANDY

By: David Hett

David Hett — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:36:38 +0000

Andy I have a resort in the Yukon Territory. I recently came into a number of Nunavat license plates as well as some from the NWT. The Nunavat plates have no scratches. They run from the year 00 to 05. Any idea what they are worth? With regards to the 1972 NWT plate mentioned above, I believe that 1972 was the charter year. Perhaps this adds to it’s value.

Cheers,

DAve

By: Andy Bernstein

Andy Bernstein — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:05:59 +0000

Hi Judy. Thank you for your comment. Your 83 NWT Bear plate would be worth between $30-$45 if in real nice condition with no extra holes or bends. There are actually several auction site you could sell it on now and you may want to check these out by doing a search on line.

Thanks again,

ANDY

By: Judy Hawkins

Judy Hawkins — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:12:56 +0000

I have a 1983 NWT plate in excellent condition. The #’s on it are 11-330, Canada 1983 and it is the polar bear blue on white. What is it worth? What is the best way to sell it?

By: Andy Bernstein

Andy Bernstein — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:58:51 +0000

HI…Selling on ebay is hit or miss but indeed does provide for excellent exposure. As a general rule of thumb you should not break up a pair of plates. I would think that if you just did a regular auction starting with a low opening bid that you would receive a fair market price. All prices quoted are in US dollars.

Thanks!

By: Jonathan Steele

Jonathan Steele — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:22:52 +0000

I read your entry on NW Territories License Plates and was wondering if a matched set can command more when sold or auctioned. I have a pair from ’74 or ’75 (not sure) in very good (unused) condition. And is Ebay the best selling venue for exposure, as far as you know?

(I’m in San Jose, CA)
It wasn’t clear if your mention of prices was CDN or US.

By: Andy Bernstein

Andy Bernstein — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:24:19 +0000

Thank you for your comments on your Northwest Territories license plates! Both of these license plates are SAMPLE license plates. Most often SAMPLE license plates are made available to both law enforcement agencies for identification purposes and to collectors or to those that simply would like one as a unique souvenir. SAMPLE license plates usually have the letters SAMPLE stamped instead of a number, all zeros, or any of the following: 123-ABC, ABC-123, SAM-000. Your smaller plate sounds like a sample plate for a motorcycle and the larger plate a sample plate for a passenger car. The 1972 plate would be worth about $25-$40 and the more recent undated sample motorcycle plate about $10-$15. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any more questions on these plates or any others. Thanks! Andy

By: lynn gregory

lynn gregory — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:06:31 +0000

I have the blue license plate that is a ploar bear it says northwest territories on it but under that it has 000 and under that it says canada and 1972 This is an auto plate. I also have the little one that is about 7 inches across from rump of bear to end of his nose. It says NUNAVUT but the bear is white surrounded in dark blue on edges of plate. It is silver on back. The large plate is white glazed on back. Both were sealed and so in perfect condition not even a scratch and very shiney and pretty. The person who gave them to me as a gift said the 000 means that the governor has to inspect one and then one is saved in the state and one is bought with the 000 on it by a buyer.
I have had them about ten years in y possession. The person who gave them to me had hundreds of license plates posted on boards from every state.
It was his hobby. Thank you for reading this and I did look it up on line about the plates but I just do not know what the 000 stands for. Do you know? I could mail you a photo. This same person had civil war memorabilia and other beautiful antiques but has since moved away.

By: Jack Kajfasz

Jack Kajfasz — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:54:48 +0000

I have a NWT plate from 1975 in mint condition and it looks exactly like the plates you show that originated in 1983 (?) I am interested in selling it…