License Plates

Q We live in a rural area in Arizona and have found over 200 Arizona license plates from 1930. Some have a ”P” for pneumatic and ”S” for solid tires. What are these worth?

A Common license plates usually sell for about $10 or less. Yours are old enough to have more value. Vanity plates, license plates with a series of letters or numbers that spell something, are also worth more. There is an organization for license plate collectors, Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, which has meets throughout the country and an annual convention. For more information, check the Association’s website, www.alpca.org.