No story of Vel’s Parnelli Jones Racing would be complete without a significant mention of the team’s ambitious foray into...
Mecum Auctions
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.
The Mecum Indy 2021 Auction is to be held on May 14 -22 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, with the...
British racing star Stirling Moss rocked the Grand Prix establishment in 1958 with his victory in the season-opening Argentinian Grand Prix in a tiny 2.0L mid-engined Cooper. It was the first World Championship victory for a mid-engined Grand Prix car and for builder John Cooper. Another win by Maurice Trintignant...
After bettering the Shelby team’s efforts in the 1969 Trans-Am season, Bud Moore Enterprise’s competing Ford Mustang team was awarded...
Ford added the latest chapter to its marvelous racing history in 2016, when the second-generation GT scored a victory in...
Just three and a half years after the first Shelby Cobra emerged from a rented shop in Venice, California, Carroll Shelby and his brilliant team of grassroots, high-performance technocrats won the FIA World Manufacturers Championship of Makes for GT cars, the first ever for an American manufacturer. This unprecedented feat,...
The Mecum Indy 2021 auction set a new record for Mecum Indy with $107.8 Million in sales and marks the...
The Delahaye Type 135 coachwork by Figoni et Falaschi launched a series of automotive design masterpieces from the revitalized carrossier,...
As Ferrari’s successor to the long-running 250 GT, the 275 GTB debuted at the October 1964 Paris Auto Salon alongside the open 275 GTS. Powered by the Colombo-derived 3.3L Tipo 213 SOHC V-12 engine, the 275 series followed Ferrari tradition with its numerical model designation signifying the 275cc swept volume of...
Virtually unbeatable in competition and on the road, Ferrari racing cars—long before they were ever considered multimillion-dollar collectibles—were workhorses simply...
Fully documented and well known in the Shelby collector community, this 1967 Shelby 427 “Semi Competition” Cobra, CSX3045, has been chronicled...
Mecum Auctions held the Mecum Orlando Summer Special Auction last July 28-31, and it was a huge success. 1,056 cars were on offer throughout the four-day event, and they recorded an overall sales of $35 million with a strong sell-through rate of 80% or 850 vehicles were hammered sold. America’s...
The Porsche 356A Convertible D (“D” standing for Drauz, the coachbuilder) is arguably the rarest “production” Porsche 356 model ever...
This 1961 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster is one of only five examples originally finished in Fantasy Yellow and will be offered...
Since 2009, Mecum Auctions has been hosting the Daytime Auction in Monterey annually during Car Week. This year, they returned to the grounds of the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa at the Del Monte Golf Course. From Aug 12-14, 519 vehicles crossed the block with 411 being sold. Mecum...
On October 7-9, the world’s largest collector car auction company, Mecum Auctions will be returning for its fifth annual collector...
The 1965 Lola T70 spider raced by Jerry Grant to victory in the 1966 Bridgehampton USRRC race will be offered...
The October Takeover by Mecum Auctions had a really strong start in Las Vegas just last weekend. The annual auction event, Mecum Las Vegas, enjoyed another successful year in 2021 recording a total overall sale of $22.3 million. From October 7-9, 590 vehicles crossed the block at the Las Vegas...
After setting a new record during the Mecum Kissimmee 2021 wherein they had an awe-inspiring $147 million in sales, Mecum...
Mecum Auctions has announced that the famed Corvette Z06 known as “Gulf One”, will be offered for sale at its...
The only Dragonsnake Cobra equipped at the factory with the Stage III quadruple-Weber carburetion system, this 1965 Shelby 289 Cobra, CSX2427, was ordered new by Don Reimer of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who—with his younger brother Mike—took delivery of the car from Adams County Motors Corporation. Invoiced to that Gettysburg Ford dealer...
In a little more than a week, the famous 1951 Hirohata Mercury Custom will be featured in the largest Collector...
The 1965 Shelby GT350R Prototype driven by Ken Miles sold for $3.75 million at Mecum Auctions’ recent Kissimmee sale. Recognized...
Mecum Auctions started the year with a bang! During the recently concluded Mecum Kissimmee2022 held in Kissimmee, Florida, Mecum Auction recorded a total sale of $217 million with an impressive 90% sell-through rate which they were able to get during the world’s largest collector car auction at Osceola Heritage Park....
On March 16-19, the annual auction hosted by Mecum at State Farm Stadium in Arizona will be returning for the...
Mecum Auction’s July 6-9 was a huge success with the three-day classic and collector car auction bringing home a total...
Last year, the first Chattanooga Auction held by Mecum auction was a resounding success with a total sale of $18.7 million and 84% sell through rate of almost 550 vehicles. This year, Mecum Auction is returning to Chattanooga, Tennessee for the Chattanooga Motorcar Festival where they will be offering around...
Mecum Auctions returns to Osceola Heritage Park in Florida for the world’s largest collector car auction, Mecum Kissimmee 2023. It...
In just a little more than a month, the much awaited Mecum Kissimmee 2023 will commence and recently, they have...
701 vehicles crossed the block in the recently concluded Mecum Kansas City 2022 where the event reached an overall sales of $14.9 million with a 74% sell-through rate. Out of the top 10 highest sales during the event, 6 of them were practically new, highly desirable cars with low mileage....
