The Mecum Monterey 2017 auction was held August 16-19 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel in Monterey, California, resulting in...
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.
Automotive history abounds with stories of visionary thinkers whose creations, seemingly destined for greatness, instead became case studies in unrealized...
The Mecum Harrisburg 2017 auction was held August 3-5 at the Farm Show Complex and ExpoCenter in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, resulting in $20 million in total sales and a 74 percent sell-through rate. A total of 636 vehicles hammered sold at the three-day event. American muscle cars were prominent in the...
Since 2009, Mecum Auctions has been hosting the Daytime Auction in Monterey annually during Car Week. This year, they returned...
Mecum Auctions, Spring Classic, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 13-16, 2015 Mecum’s Spring Classic is a marathon, four days...
The Porsche 356A Convertible D (“D” standing for Drauz, the coachbuilder) is arguably the rarest “production” Porsche 356 model ever manufactured for a full year. Only 1,331 Convertible Ds were made between August 1958 and September 1959. By 1958, the Speedster model was four years old and sales were declining....
The L88 was a special option package developed under the direction of Zora Arkus-Duntov, director of GM’s performance division. First introduced in 1967, the L88 Corvette featured a...
The Mecum Harrisburg 2018 auction was held August 2-4 at the Farm Show Complex and ExpoCenter in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, resulting...
The Ed Foss Low-Mileage Corvette Collection will be featured at the Mecum Monterey 2015 auction, scheduled for August 13-15 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel in California during Monterey Classic Car Week. The Collection includes 26 of some of the lowest-mileage and most original examples of America’s sports car in...
Mecum Auction held the ’57 Heaven Museum Auction on October 24, 2009 at the Dick Clark American Bandstand Theater in...
Photo: John Hollansworth Jr. Mecum Auctions’ annual spring auction in Kansas City, Missouri, held in late April, yielded $8,678,668 in...
The 1976 Porsche 911 Turbo Carrera special ordered by Steve McQueen will be among the headline offerings at the Mecum Monterey 2015 auction, scheduled for August 13-15 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel in California during Monterey Classic Car Week. The 930 Porsche was the last car custom-ordered by the...
Affectionately known as “Big Oly,”—the world’s most renowned Ford Bronco is set to cross the Mecum auction block at Mecum’s...
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance celebrated 66 years of charitable giving by distributing more than $1.7 million in donations from...
Mecum will return in 2020 to Kissimmee, Florida, to host a 1000-car live auction on the 27-29th August. The event will be held at the Osceola Heritage Park grounds where health and safety protocols that exceed national standards being adhered to. There will be enhanced bidding options including in-person, online...
At some point in his time collecting, it occurred to Todd Werner that there was a reason the cars he...
The Mecum Indianapolis 2017 auction was held May 16-20 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, resulting in more than...
On December 3 to 5, Mecum successfully hosted its 2020 classic and collector car auction in Houston. The event amassed a total overall sales of $14.7 million with a sell-through rate of 84%. The event was the latest in a series of successful large-scale, live auctions that were held by Mecum...
Mecum Auctions will be offering the E.J. Cole Collection at auction this March 20-21, 2015, at the South Point Casino...
The October Takeover by Mecum Auctions had a really strong start in Las Vegas just last weekend. The annual auction...
The debut Mecum Austin 2014 auction was held December 12-13 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, resulting in $14,668,347 in total sales and nearly a 70 percent sell-through rate. The anticipated offering of 600 vehicles was exceeded as 660 vehicles crossed the auction block during the 2-day sale....
• The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance has announced that David Schultz of Massillon, Ohio, has been named the new Chief...
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 Auctions St. Charles 2012 sale was held on October 25-27 at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois, resulting in more than $12 million in total sales and a 60% sell-through rate. Chicagoland’s only collector car auction, the Mecum 2012 Fall Premier sale a diverse selection of...
• RM Auctions’ February 18–19, Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum sale generated more than $9.1 million with 100 percent of all...
Mecum Auctions will stage Mecum Anaheim 2016 next weekend, November 17-19, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California, featuring...
The Mecum Seattle 2015 auction was staged June 5-6 at the CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle, Washington, resulting in $9,517,676 in total sales. The auction’s top seller was a 1970 Dodge Hemi Challenger R/T SE (Lot S76.1) that brought a high bid of $185,000. A R-Code Challenger with matching-numbers...
The Mecum Auctions Chicago 2014 sale was held October 9-11 at the Schaumburg Convention Center in Illinois, resulting in $15,267,644...
Mecum Auctions will return to Kissimmee, Florida, for the world’s largest annual collector-car auction, offering more than 3,000 classic and...
Mecum Auctions, CenturyLink Field Event Center, Seattle, Washington, June 13-14, 2014 Mecum Auctions is constantly refining its calendar, trying new places and dates, usually with success. Frank Mecum said, “We looked at where we’re shipping cars, and a lot were heading to the Pacific Northwest so we thought this would...
