Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Mecum is the newcomer to the Monterey auction scene. They secured the...
Mecum Auctions held their third annual Monterey Auction on August 18-20, 2011 at the Del Monte Golf Course in Monterey...
Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Mecum in the Middle (Middle America, That Is, i.e., Des Moines, Iowa, July 15-16, 2011) First, let’s be clear: there aren’t many “sports cars” in the Mecum Des Moines auction, but this is Middle America (about 300 miles east northeast of the...
Mecum Auctions held its annual Bloomington Gold Corvette auction on June 24-25, 2011, in St. Charles, Illinois, resulting in total...
Mecum Auctions held its 24th Annual Original Spring Classic Auction, May 17-22, 2011, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis,...
Mecum Auctions is expanding to Texas with the addition of a new Dallas Auction, scheduled to be held October 7-8, 2011 at the Dallas Convention Center. “The past few years have marked exciting growth for Mecum Auctions as we have successfully expanded across the country with new auction locations, more...
Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Mecum Auctions put on its Kissimmee Auction on January 26-30,...
Mecum Auctions will hold its expanded, five-day Kissimmee Auction 2011 on January 26-30 at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida....
The winningest competition Shelby Cobra will be offered for sale at the Mecum Kissimmee Auction 2011, scheduled for January 26-30 in Kissimmee, Florida. The 1963 Shelby Cobra DragonSnake CSX2093 (Lot S121.1) is the 93rd Cobra built and one of just eight cars modified with the Shelby-developed DragonSnake package. Originally owned...
Mecum Auctions held its second annual Monterey sale on August 13-14, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa...
Mecum Auctions held its second annual Monterey sale on August 13-14, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa...
A piece of baseball great Reggie Jackson’s original collection will be offered at the Mecum Monterey Auction, August 13-14, 2010. Jackson has consigned several unique cars for Mecum Monterey, including a rare 1969 ZL1 COPO Camaro. “Reggie is a lifelong car guy whom I’ve known for 25 years,” said President...
A rare, “pontoon-fendered” Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa will headline RM Auctions’s 25th Anniversary Sports and Classics of Monterey event during...
A Le Mans-winning 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB TdF will headline the second annual Mecum Monterey Auction, August 13-14, 2010,...
Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Mecum Auctions held its Original Spring Classic Auction 2010 on May 19-23 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. Mecum Auctions “Spring Classic” migrated from the fields of Belvidere, Illinois to the vast complex at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis three...
Mecum Auction held its Original Spring Classic Auction 2010 on May 19-23 in Indianapolis, Indiana, resulting in total gross sales...
Mecum Auction held its Kansas City Auction, Spring 2010 on April 9-10 at Kansas City Convention Center/Bartle Hall, with total...
Mecum Auction staged its Kissimmee Auction January 28-31, 2010 at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida, resulting in total gross sales (excluding buyer’s premium) of $25.6 million and a 71% sell-through rate. Amid a crowd of 29,000 spectators and bidders, the Mecum Auction Company sold hundreds of vehicles ranging from...
Mecum Auction held its Kansas City Auction on December 4-5, 2009, at Kansas City Convention Center/Bartle Hall, with total gross...
Mecum’s annual Kansas City Auction will feature 500 collector cars and memorabilia up for bid on December 4-5, 2009. The...
Several record-breaking sales of racing cars were made during the auction activities surrounding Monterey Auto Week 2009. Topping the list was the highest price ever paid for an American car at auction, the $7.25 million brought in by the Mecum Auctions offering of the FIA Manufacturers championship-winning 1965 Shelby Daytona...
Mecum Auction held the ’57 Heaven Museum Auction on October 24, 2009 at the Dick Clark American Bandstand Theater in...
Mecum Auction held the St. Charles Auction on October 1-4, 2009 at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Ilinois,...
Mecum Auctions offered the extensive Bob McDorman Sign Collection, Memorabilia and Vintage Parts Sale on September 11-12, 2009 at Bob McDorman Chevrolet in Canal Winchester, Ohio. Total gross sales for the two-day auction were just over $2 million. “We had a great range of buyers at the McDorman Sign Auction...
Mecum Auctions will sell one of the largest and rarest sign collections ever assembled at their upcoming Bob McDorman Sign...
Mecum Auction will hold its inaugural Monterey Auction on Saturday, August 15, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Resort in...
Mecum Auction announces the unique 1963 Harley Earl Chevrolet Corvette Convertible will cross the block during the Bloomington Gold Corvette Auction, June 26-27, 2009, in St. Charles, Illinois. This historic car joins 400 remarkable specimens of the Corvette marque offered for sale by Mecum at the only all-Corvette auction in...
Mecum Auction held its 2009 Original Spring Classic Auction on May 13-17th in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mecum’s 22nd annual Original Spring...
Mecum Auction will hold its 2009 Original Spring Classic Auction on May 13-17th in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mecum’s 22nd annual Original...
Mecum Auction Company announced the formation of a new auction that will take place on Saturday, August 15, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Resort & Spa on the Del Monte Golf Course in Monterey, California. The one-day auction will feature 100 cars up for bid....