[Les Quam]

In regard to the post that stated in the future Mecum will be the gold standard for auctions, I have to respectfully disagree.

I think Mecum is ALREADY the gold standard or leader in the muscle car auction industry and has been for at least a year. All he needs is a little TV and he smokes BJ and the whole carnival like BS atmosphere. IMHO Mecum gets the best "real" or significant cars as well as neat collections and has the least amount of issue's with his cars and auctions. Plus access to the cars for homework purposes just seems to be easier? I haven't bought or sold anything at one of his auctions but I have tried to buy some cars only to be turned into road kill by Charley or Colin. But after attending all the auctions and making serious efforts to buy and research cars at all of them Mecum generates the most confidence for me. I just think BJ has got too big, too fast and has overwhelmed themselves. I also think the no reserve policy while exciting discourages a large volume of significant cars. BJ is still a ton of fun, but tough for me at least to feel confident about buying or selling a car.