Mecum prices?
 

I have been going to the auction the past 9 years but not there this year due to virus.
The prices seem very strong?
Fellow Canadian from Legendary shoots the lights out with his Cobra bringing $5.4 mil! Reserve was off at $4 mil, he must be happy!

I agree, a lot of these "later in the week" cars are bringing good money.

I looked over what was sold and looks like cars bringing good prices.

Prices definitely up.

The sale appears to be very Strong ! Prices & Sold percentage are way higher than I expected. I seriously had my eye on a few cars. Researched and set my ceiling and I was prepared to bid to win somthing. But as of now I'm 0 for 3 . Wasn't even close on any of them ! haha

Must be all that stimulus money being thrown around...:grin:

1986 DODGE SHELBY OMNI GLHS....sells for $46200. Crazy!

Dan

WHAT ???
Who ARE these people ??????
When did an Omni become "investment grade" ?

Mike would run out of that place screaming! I’ve never seen so many Chinese boosters on supposedly high dollar cars :-)

that was the first brand new car I ever bought when I was 17. Really fast with way to much oversteer. Another car I should’ve kept,obviously by the 2021 prices.

So I am assuming you are at the auction? Curious what the attendance is like under the current circumstances - covid? You can't see much besides the car going over the block when watching on the internet.

"Must be all that stimulus money being thrown around..."

In all seriousness, some of this might be related to the run up in the stock market. If one has enough money invested, an extra $50K-$100K might be easy to find.

The Dodge Omni belonged to Carroll Shelby, make of that what you will.

I hang out on a Porsche forum and the run up in the stock market is being discussed as a cause for the current shortage of Porsches in the market. Some are claiming that prices are up 10-20% since the Pandemic.

Not to hijack but can someone explain this one to me? What's the difference between a Chinese booster and a correct one? Because when our Camaro gets swapped to discs, I'd like for it to look right (unless the price difference is insane, anyway)

Chinese boosters are stamped in the wrong place with delco moraine and the triangles are not stamped like they were on the originals.

I see, thanks. Given that none of mine is original anyway, I can live with "mostly right"

And they fail.

Easiest “tell” for me on Chinese boosters is that the “O” in DELCO is more round on the fakes. Original O is more oval shaped.

I thought that attendance was pretty strong yesterday. We had to get there early to claim our seats on the floor. Crowd is intentionally not shown much on TV. Too many people not wearing masks over their nose.

Ah, I don't recall seeing that mentioned. I'm sure that had a lot to do with it, but still, I can think of better things to throw "extra" funds at. Like a winter home in FL or AZ...:wink:




That statement applies to a lot more than boosters....:frown:

You at the auction this year Charlie?

Attendance is strong, lots of cars selling.

:shocked::shocked::shocked:

Buy that ‘65 Olds!

alot

Kissimmee was a record sell through and $$ total. I collect the early Honda minibikes, there were some good and not so good one's there the hammer prices were eye popping on all of them with a couple Z50's and CT70's hitting record valuations. #liquidity2021

I saw that 72 Z50 from Hendricks Collection go for $6600, big money for a Z50, and it had a bunch of incorrect stuff on it. I have 4 72's in the garage and love working on those little rods

This week anyone that had a car for sale 6 months to a year ago, will be getting a call from people trying to catch sellers not keeping up with the trend, happens after every big dollar show.

I think you need my CT70H drivers......

It was owned by Carrol Shelby.

17.6K,that used to buy four very nice Z50M's
https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0121-44...70-honda-ct70/

I attended Mecum and I saw early on that there were a greater percentage of cars that would bring big money. Early days were as expected as the crowds were fair but certainly not overwhelming. The arena of course was open only to verified bidders. More so this year than in years past, those bidders were on hand for the lots that they were interested in purchasing versus just sitting there watching lots roll by. Obviously as the week plus moved along and the gems were closer to going across the block the bidders increased dramatically.
I would say that this years offerings had a very noticeable "very well done driver quality" to many cars. Don't get me wrong, there were some great cars, but if you were in the market with a reasonable budget, you could find a quality car here.

Crowds were steady but not the typical crush of people. The last weekend of course was a bit different. I would expect that future events will be similar in nature.

JP

I would say, numbers/pricing is generally UP a good amount. I would note this '68 Mustang coupe @ $47,300 WITH Buyers prem:

https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0121-44...tang-gt-coupe/

Little over a year ago, there was a'67 AND '68 that were pretty much Identical, same stripe, vinyl roof, 390 auto Ac cars and BOTH were in the $18,000 range WITH buyer prem. Now this could be one of those cars, just restored/clean fixed up as it seems to be much nicer shape. Also the other 2 were cream color I think.

This '70 L78 Nova seems to be a very strong price for those cars:

https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0121-44...rolet-nova-ss/


This W30 convert seems down pretty much to what they usually bring:

https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0121-44...0-convertible/

Sits pretty bad though

The 001 and 002 Firebird that Gas Monkey did seemed to be ok $$$ wise.

There was one just like this in Southern Cal I considered about 5-6 years ago, same exterior color, same color interior, but I think was a bench seat. Can't be too many 70 L78 Nova's floating around with these same colors.

Question, being a 70 I would expect to see the flat intake that was used on both Chevelle and Camaro that year. I'm seeing a 69 style intake in the pics.
Is this correct?? Maybe for an early car??

The Aqua/parchment 1970 W30 convertible was a mess in person. It was noted earlier the car sat too high, but the alignment of the fenders and doors was off and the interior was put together very poorly.

Wow, that is impressive. I thought my dads 600 mile one was low but 58? That’s incredible.

I was watching it online and junk was going for 15 like a '89 Toyota.

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With a Chinese booster and Radial T/A's no less.

My chin is officially on the floor.

75 & 76 are like the worst cars of all time from GM.

I cannot believe a 75 Buick smogger, non performance model would bring $60,500.

Guessing copious amounts of alcohol were involved.

Here:

https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0121-44...m-convertible/