Overall sales total $25.2 million at Mecum Las Vegas collector-car auction

(November 21, 2018) LAS VEGAS — Mecum Auctions’ second annual collector-car auction in Las Vegas was deemed a success with $25.2 million in overall sales achieved as 667 vehicles hammered sold for a 75 percent sell-through rate. The results represent a 7 percent increase over last year’s totals.

The auction-headlining Academy of Art University collection saw 31 vehicles hammer sold for an overall total of $4 million, and four cars from the collection landed among the auction’s top sellers. The University’s 1930 Bugatti Type 46 Faux Cabriolet boasting coachwork by Veth & Zoon came in as the auction’s top sale at just more than $1 million, and the 1930 Duesenberg Model J Dual Cowl Phaeton brought $770,000, landing it the No. 2 slot.


1930 Bugatti Type 46 Faux Cabriolet

A 1934 Packard 1104 Super 8 Dual Cowl Sport Phaeton from the collection claimed the third spot in top sales, and a 1935 Pierce-Arrow Model 1245 Silver Arrow came in as No. 6.

Other top sales included a 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda that brought $220,000 and Ardell Brown’s 1930 Cord L-29 Cabriolet, which sold for $203,500. In total, the complete Ardell Brown Estate Collection of vehicles and Road Art sold for well in excess of $5 million.

The complete top 10 collector-car sales at the Mecum Las Vegas 2018 auction include:

    1930 Bugatti Type 46 Faux Cabriolet at $1,012,000
    1930 Duesenberg Model J Dual Cowl Phaeton at $770,000
    1934 Packard 1104 Super 8 Dual Cowl Sport Phaeton at $258,500
    1959 Mercedes-Benz 300D Cabriolet at $244,750
    1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda at $220,000
    1935 Pierce-Arrow Model 1245 Silver Arrow at $214,500
    1930 Cord L-29 Cabriolet at $203,500
    2012 Terradyne Gurkha RPV Armored Vehicle at $198,000
    1999 Lamborghini Diablo VT Roadster at $187,000
    1959 Volkswagen Deluxe 23-Window Bus at $181,500