Mecum prices?

[Luvchevs]

Here is one that I find incredible!

https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0121-44...tte-resto-mod/

Sold for $412,500 with the buyer fee.

THE EXACT SAME CAR sold at the Mecum auction 6 months before for less than half that - $200,250 with the buyers fee!

https://www.mecum.com/lots/NC0420-41...tte-resto-mod/

[olredalert]

Originally Posted by Lynn

Here:

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

----Lynn,,,While this Buick is pretty clean, I have never seen any GM vehicle with a totally blue interior except for the seats. That, to me, is very strange. The seats look nice, but so out of place!......Bill S

[markinnaples]

That CT70 was insanity. I love them, but whoosh.

[purple panther]

i like to hear from corvette guys on the 2 L-88 convertables. 290-300k seems really low on L-88 verts. The metal cars looked very strong. One 69 yenko brought about 80k less than the other too??

[John]

Originally Posted by purple panther

i like to hear from corvette guys on the 2 L-88 convertables. 290-300k seems really low on L-88 verts. The metal cars looked very strong. One 69 yenko brought about 80k less than the other too??

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... I do not think that Yenko sold

... it has "The Bid Goes on "

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[TimG]

The two L88 Corvettes are the ones that Mecum ran through as a pair for quite a while. They loose their luster after going through a dozen auctions.

[bergy]

I evaluated 8 Musclecar City cars for myself and others. Only 1 was a decent car. Lots of re-pop trim tags & bad re-stamps. They really need to hire inspectors to more accurately describe the cars (like BJ). I feel badly for all of the successful bidders who got way less than what they thought they were getting based on the auction descriptions. Hard to believe that bidders are so cavalier with their money though. One ‘66 427/425 Corvette had so much grime on the stamp pad that it couldn’t be read. Up until the car went on the block - no one bothered to even wipe off the pad!

[x33rs]

I was just talking to Bill about that, wondering if Mecum offered any inspection services like BJ does, with so many fake tags going across the block for big money. Apparently they don't. The buyers don't care?

[LT1vette]

My thoughts on the big $$ are that... These cars are being bought by guys in their early 60's and up who are not "car knowledgeable" , they remember the cars from when they were young, never turned a wrench and now they have a disposable income.
They want something to look cool in going to cruise night...

My .02 cents worth

[TimG]

And when they find out they've been burnt they will sell their acquisition off and never buy another old car again. It's a shame that they don't arm themselves with information and make a wise purchase. They are folks that will be lost to the hobby forever in some cases. I see this often.