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The average successful bid for a Shanghai car plate dropped to 77,823 yuan (US$12,693), down 2,980 yuan from last month, while the lowest price shed 3 Cheap S'well Bottles 17oz Rose Gold ,100 yuan to 77,600 yuan, according to Shanghai International Commodity Auction Co.
These falls saw Shanghai car plate prices dip below the 80,000 yuan psychological benchmark, which was first surpassed in February.
Price ceiling
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To stop this market hype that turned car plates into "investment targets," the government introduced a price ceiling mechanism in April for the first round of bidding.
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"The new bidding policy is part of the reason for the downward correction," said Shanghai car dealer Xiao Yan.
"There's less chance of overbidding now and a less tense market sentiment."
A crackdown on speculative secondhand car plate trading has also played a role, as this provides a reference point for auction trends, Xiao added.
Since March's auction, old city car plates can no longer sell for higher than the latest average price for a new one.
Car plate supplies, which were once increased to 11,000 to ease the market sentiment, have been back to the usual level of 9,000 since May.
The number of auction participants continued to drop, down 742 from last month to 21 Cheap S'well Bottles 17oz Ruby Glitter ,482 yesterday. The rate of successful bids rose to 41.9 percent from 40.5 percent.
Would-be car buyer Lynn Wang said she is confident prices will continue this downward track for some time, though with rebounds.
"There's a chance for me to get a car plate this year at a bargain price," said Wang.
In March, Vice Mayor Jiang Ping said the government is determined to bring car plate prices back to normal levels and will use back-up plans should existing policies fail.
Policies available for roll-out include: organizing separate auctions for private and corporate bidders as the latter are less price-sensitive; and including second-hand car plate trading in the bidding system for new ones to make it harder for scalpers to cash in.
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Otago researcher Robert Boessenecker and colleague Morgan Churchill, from the University of Wyoming, had named this new genus and species of fur seal Eotaria crypta. The genus name Eotaria means "dawn sea lion."
The species was tiny, with adults being only slightly larger than a sea otter, Boessenecker said in a statement.
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He saw the fossil in California's John D. Cooper Archaeological and Paleontological Center, and instantly realized it was a tiny, early fur seal.
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"Yet we know that their fossil record must go back to around 16 million to 17 million years ago or so, because walruses - the closest modern relative of the otariids - have a record reaching back that far," he said.
"The mystery remains of why there has only been one of these fur seals ever found given that there have been extensive fossil excavations of similarly aged rocks in California."
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