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Mecum takes on two cities in one weekend for $36.4 million in sales



(October 19, 2022) Mecum Auctions is well known for setting records and taking on never-before-achieved challenges, and the company took it to another level this past weekend by holding two auctions simultaneously in two different cities located a full 600 miles apart. One of the events, Mecum Chicago 2022, was held Oct. 13-15 in Schaumburg, Ill., and brought $15.2 million in total sales, while the other, Mecum Chattanooga 2022, was held Oct. 14-15 in Tennessee and reached overall sales totals of $21.2 million.

A spirit of bold innovation — The extraordinary history of the Spectre name



(October 10, 2022) Choosing a name for a new Rolls-Royce motor car is a crucial, highly considered and painstaking process, in which the marque's unique heritage plays a central part. Of the current product family, all but Cullinan (named after the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever discovered) bear storied names from the past: Phantom, Ghost, Dawn and Wraith all have namesakes spanning Rolls-Royce's 118-year history.

Mecum Auctions returns to Las Vegas with 1,000 cars


1971 Stutz Blackhawk

(October 7, 2022) Mecum Auctions will return to the Las Vegas Convention Center for its sixth annual collector car auction at the venue this Nov. 10-12 with an estimated 1,000 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, exotics, trucks, Hot Rods, customs and more to cross the auction block.

Record-setting $55.2 million at Mecum Dallas 2022 auction


2006 Ford GT Hetiage Edition

(September 16, 2022) Mecum’s Dallas 2022 classic and collector car auction lent credence to the claim that everything is bigger in Texas with a record-setting total achieved at the 12th annual event in one of the Lone Star State’s most populous cities. A total of 1,191 vehicles hammered sold in just four days, Sept. 7-10, for an 84% sell-through rate and more than $55.2 million in sales, which amounted to a 50% increase over the auction’s previous record total of $36.8 million.

Ram Air IV GTO Collection headlines Mecum Kissimmee 2023



(September 12, 2022) WALWORTH, Wis. — With a projected 4,000 vehicle consignments to be offered at the annual live auction event at Osceola Heritage Park in Florida, Mecum Kissimmee 2023 will once again raise the standard for the world’s largest collector car auction featuring a broad selection of American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, exotics, trucks, Hot Rods, customs and more to cross the auction block Jan. 4-15 with live coverage on MotorTrendTV and MotorTrend+.

Gas Monkey Garage auctioning more than 25 vehicles



(September 8, 2022) Richard Rawlings, the high-octane personality who created Dallas’ Gas Monkey Garage, doesn’t do anything small, and that includes deciding to sell some of his prized car collection. Rawlings, star of Discovery Channel’s Fast N’ Loud, has made the decision to auction off more than 25 vehicles from his collection in an in an entirely no-reserve auction event.

Nearly 800 pedal cars among 2,000 items at toy museum auction


1925 American National pedal car

(September 2, 2022) WALWORTH, Wis.— Following months spent taking inventory, capturing photography, performing research and preparing the nearly 2,000 lots that make up the Elmer’s Auto and Toy Museum Collection, the full list of consignments has been announced by Mecum Auctions for the entirely no-reserve sale to be held Sept. 14-17 in Fountain City, Wis.

Antique gasoline sign sells for world record $1.5 million



(September 1, 2022) GREENVILLE, S.C. — Richmond Auctions has set a new world record for the most expensive antique advertising sign sold at auction — a 48-inch double sided porcelain Musgo Gasoline sign.  The selling price of $1.5 million (including buyer's premium) shattered the previous record of $400,000.

Mecum Monterey Daytime Auction exceeds $52.1 million in sales


1958 Ferrari 250 GT 'Tour De France' Alloy Berlinetta

(August 29, 2022) The 2022 Mecum Monterey Daytime Auction saw record attendance with enthusiastic crowds filling the fairways of the Del Monte Golf Course every day of the three-day classic and collector car auction event, held Aug. 18-20. Overall sales totals for Mecum’s annual California Car Week auction reached more than $52.1 million as a total of 297 vehicles changed hands. Among top individual sales, five sold for more than $2 million and a total of 12 sold for prices in the seven-figure range.

Vintage Air announces new air-conditioning system for GM G-Body platforms



(August 28, 2022) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Vintage Air, the leading manufacturer of complete performance air-conditioning systems for classics, hot rods and street rods, has announced the release of its all-new Gen IV SureFit Kit air-conditioning system for the 1982–88 Oldsmobile Cutlass and the 1986–87 Buick Grand National and Regal. These systems are available as either a Complete Kit or an Evaporator Kit and are designed to install with minimal modifications to the original firewall.