Mecum Auctions’ 2013 grand finale event at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri, on December 5-7 was...
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Mecum calls themselves “The World’s Largest Collector Car Auctions” and if you have ever been to any of their events you can see why. Mecum Auctions is a known leader in live auctions of collector and classic cars, antique motorcycles, vintage tractors and Road Art memorabilia with events across the US. Catch previews of their upcoming auctions and highlights from those past in our coverage.
Mecum Auctions’ 2016 Kissimmee sale, set for January 15-24 at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida, will offer more that...
The Mecum Seattle 2014 auction was staged June 13-14 at CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle, Washington, resulting in $15,125,097 in total sales. Mecum’s inaugural Seattle sale saw 322 vehicles successfully cross the auction block over the two-day auction. “It was evident about an hour into the first auction day...
Dana Mecum’s Original Spring Classic, the original, largest and best muscle car auction brought more than classic American muscle to...
The 1976 Porsche 911 Turbo Carrera special ordered by Steve McQueen will be among the headline offerings at the Mecum...
Mecum Auctions has announced that it will be selling the ex-works McLaren M20-01 that was driven by Peter Revson, the defending series champion, during the 1972 Can-Am series at its Monterey sale on Saturday, August 16. The car is the only Team McLaren M20 that retains its original tub, engine...
Mecum’s Chicago 2018 classic and collector car auction (Oct. 25–27) enjoyed an overall sales total of $17.5 million, which constituted...
Mecum Auctions, Original Spring Classic, State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 14-19, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor...
Mecum Auctions returns to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, September 6-9 with an estimated 1,000 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, Hot Rods, Resto Mods and more set to cross the auction block as several major collections are featured. Among them is the 33-vehicle Bruce Church Collection....
Mecum Auctions’ first-ever Denver-area auction held June 26-27, saw 396 cars sell for a total of $12,003,418. The sale was...
Automotive history abounds with stories of visionary thinkers whose creations, seemingly destined for greatness, instead became case studies in unrealized...
The Mecum Dallas 2015 auction was held September 16-19 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, resulting in $24,809,893 in total sales. “This year’s lineup was very diverse with great examples from nearly every category of collectability,” said Mecum Consignment Director Frank Mecum. “Whether you were after...
After bettering the Shelby team’s efforts in the 1969 Trans-Am season, Bud Moore Enterprise’s competing Ford Mustang team was awarded...
The Mecum Houston 2015 sale was held April 9-11 at the NRG Park (formerly Reliant Center) in Houston, Texas, resulting...
Mecum Auction held its Kansas City Auction on December 4-5, 2009, at Kansas City Convention Center/Bartle Hall, with total gross sales (excluding buyer’s premium) of $6.8 million. “Our Kansas City Auction continues to boast significant increases year after year in both sales and attendance, and this year was no exception...
Over 12,000 attendees filled the auction ring as 708 vehicles crossed the block April 13-14, 2012 at The Reliant Center...
Mecum Auctions’ inaugural Los Angeles classic and collector-car auction realized more than $9.3 million in sales in late February. Despite...
The final Mecum auction in 2012 was held December 6-8 at the Kansas City Convention Center in Missouri, resulting in $11.4 million in total sales and a 65% sell-through rate. The top result at the Mecum Kansas City 2012 auction went to the a purpose-built, factory drag car...
Mecum Auction will hold its inaugural Monterey Auction on Saturday, August 15, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Resort in...
The October Takeover by Mecum Auctions had a really strong start in Las Vegas just last weekend. The annual auction...
The Mecum Auctions Chicago 2013 sale was held October 10-12 at the Schaumburg Convention Center in Illinois, resulting in $18,634,223 in total sales and a 64% sell-through rate. With 965 cars crossing the block during the three-day Chicago event, the top sale at the 2013 Mecum auction went to the...
Mecum Auctions is preparing to return to the Fairplex in Pomona, California, February 16-17 for its Los Angeles 2018 auction,...
Richard A. Stephens, former Academy of Art University president, always had a penchant for cars, a sentiment that has been...
• RM Auctions’ February 18–19, Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum sale generated more than $9.1 million with 100 percent of all lots sold. Numerous microcar records were set including: a 1958 F.M.R. Tg 500 “Tiger” fetching $322,000, a world record price for a microcar sold at auction; a 1951 Reyonnah selling...
Just three and a half years after the first Shelby Cobra emerged from a rented shop in Venice, California, Carroll...
No story of Vel’s Parnelli Jones Racing would be complete without a significant mention of the team’s ambitious foray into...
Twenty-eight years ago, Mecum Auctions held its very first collector car sale at the Rockford (Ill.) Airport, and on the weekend of October 6-8 the company will return to those Chicagoland roots with the area’s only annual collector car auction. Mecum Chicago 2016 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in...
A strong selection of automobiles will be featured at the Mecum Houston 2015 sale, scheduled for April 9-11 at the...
Fully documented and well known in the Shelby collector community, this 1967 Shelby 427 “Semi Competition” Cobra, CSX3045, has been chronicled...
Mecum Auctions’ annual spring sale in Kansas City, held March 11-12 at the Convention Center rolled 572 classic and collector vehicles across the auction block, with 409 cars hammering sold for a 72-percent sell-through rate, and a grand total of $10,212,687 in sales—a 15 percent increase over last year. Top...