In the mid 90's I was in an antique store and my wife yelled at me because she had found a pair [absolutely in mint condition] of the 1951 orange and white licenses plates that were approved by the state after TN had such a great '50 season; little did those politicians know that the '51 team would be nat'l. champions...That was the only year that TN plates were not black on white or white on black...Anyway, they were asking 60 bucks for them and I didn't want to spend that much but my wife insisted that I buy them. I did and had them framed. After the '98 NC game and we returned from Tempe, opened the paper and there were two ads for those type plates. One was asking $3,100 and the other $3,500 for them. Don't know what condition they were in but couldn't have been any better than mine...Still wouldn't take $3,500 for mine today....