DECEMBER 2010
The World's Greatest Chevrolet Collector
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S150.1
1971 Sox & Martin Hemi Cuda Pro Stock 426 CI, 4-Speed, The Boss
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DECEMBER 2010 from MECUM AUCTIONS
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In the spirit of the holiday season, this issue of the Mecum Monthly has some great images from this year’s auctions for all to enjoy. Everything from Harley Earl to Hot Rods and all the smiles in between, it has truly been a great year. We sincerely appreciate everyone who bought and sold with us this year which helped mark another record-breaker for Mecum Auctions hammering nearly $134 million SOLD in 2010! We closed out the year with incredible enthusiasm as we filled Kansas City’s Bartle Hall with 650 cars and a 70% sell through as we continue full steam ahead to 2011 with our fastest growing event and now the largest collector car auction in January. Have I mentioned that was “East of the Mississippi” in January? With 1750 vehicles to choose from, there’s certain to be something for everyone in Kissimmee this year. On behalf of everyone at Mecum Auctions, I wish everyone safe travels and happy holidays and look forward to outstanding Mecum Moments in 2011.
The World's Greatest Chevrolet Collector
175 0 V E H I C L E S
JANUARY 26-30
Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, FL
“The Kissimmee Auction is Mecum’s fastest growing event as witnessed by the huge success of last year’s auction, which boasted a very high sell-through rate, more than 4,000 registered bidders and total sales over $25 million,” said President Dana Mecum. “We already see the momentum building for an even more impressive turn out at this year’s event, and it’s all taking place East of the Mississippi – it’s where the cars are.” Because of
this recent growth, Mecum’s Kissimmee auction has been expanded to 5 full days and the auction block has been relocated to Silver Spur Arena – a larger building next to the Exhibition Building where last year’s event took place. As the collector car industry’s largest January auction event, Mecum Kissimmee offers a variety of vehicles up for bid, including several no-reserve
Lot S232 1969 Pontiac GTO Convertible
Lot S233 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge Convertible
Lot S234 1966 Pontiac GTO Royal Replica
Lot S224 1948 Mercury Saturn Custom
Lot S236 1929 Ford Custom Roadster
Lot S151.1 1970 Chevrolet Camaro Pro Stock
Ram Air IV, 4-Speed
Bob Hope Special
Ram Air III, 4-Speed
The Silver Bullet by Boyd Coddington
389 CI Tri Power, 4-Speed
Grumpy Jenkins Grumpy’s Toy VIII
collections, historic race cars and rare muscle cars. Included is history’s winningest competition Cobra. This 1963 Shelby Cobra DragonSnake CSX2093 (Lot S121.1) is the 93rd Cobra built and one of just eight cars modified with the Shelby-developed DragonSnake package. Originally owned by Jim Costilow and driven by drag racer Bruce Larson, the DragonSnake won seven NHRA National events and the 1966 NHRA World Championship, among other victories. Mecum Kissimmee will broadcast with four days of live national TV coverage on “Mecum Auctions: Muscle Cars & More” on HD Theater – Discovery Communications’ first 24-hour high-definition cable network. Fans that are Mecum infoNet subscribers
(which is free to join, see website) can also watch the auction via live Webcast at www.Mecum.com. M
Lot S166.1 1974 Chevrolet Vega Pro Stock
Lot S197 1972 Ford Pinto Pro Stock
Lot F211.1 1966 Shelby Cobra 427 Roadster
Lot F280 1969 Dodge Dart GTS
Lot S144 1983 March Type 83C Indy Car
Lot F174 1969 Corvette Coupe
Lot S123 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
Lot T218 1956 Corvette Convertible
Lot T230 1967 Corvette Coupe
Grumpy Jenkins Grumpy’s Toy XI
383/335 HP, Automatic
Convertible
3 Time NHRA National Champion
Driven by Bobby Rahal
NCRS Top Flight, 42,000 miles
One of the Rarest
427/435 HP, 4-Speed
427/400 HP, Original and Unrestored
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Lot F266 1967 Ford Fairlane Lightweight Factory R-Code Race Car
Lot F163 1964 Mercury A/FX Comet Countdown 3, 427 CI, 4-Speed
Bigger Better December KC Results A variety of high-quality classic and muscle cars crossed the auction block at the recent Mecum Kansas City Auction, where total gross sales (excluding buyer’s premium) topped $9.3 million. The three-day auction, which took place Dec. 2-4 at Bartle Hall in Kansas City, Mo., featured nearly 650 vehicles for sale and had a 70% sell-through rate. Mecum’s top seller was a multiple award-winning 1957 Ford Thunderbird F Code Convertible – one of 212 factory supercharged models produced for 1957. “A crowd of eager bidders and motivated sellers packed our Kansas City sale, delivering a high-energy event that had outstanding growth over last year’s auction,” said President Dana Mecum. “We were able to offer 160 additional cars compared to last year, selling an amazing 130 of those. The top-performing
vehicles were an eclectic mix of rare Thunderbirds, Corvettes, a Boss 429 Mustang and more.” M Top 10 December Kansas City Sales (hammer prices) 1. 1957 Ford Thunderbird F Bird Convertible (Lot S64) at . ..$186,000 2. 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 Fastback (Lot S78.1) at ....$175,000 3. 1966 Chevrolet Corvette Big Tank Coupe (Lot F221) at ....$141,000 4. 1957 Ford Thunderbird E Bird Convertible (Lot S74) at ...$132,000 5. 1969 Shelby GT500 Fastback (Lot F198) at ......................$105,000 6. 1968 Dodge Hemi Charger R/T (Lot S79) at........................ $90,000 7. 1965 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible (Lot S53) at ...............$80,000 8. 1966 Pontiac GTO Convertible (Lot S126) at ......................$69,000 9. 1970 Dodge Challenger RT Replica (Lot S141) at ..............$65,000 10. 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible (Lot T188) at .............$63,000
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MEET THE MECUM TEAM RAY LONDON and the vehicle coordination team came together by what some might consider “fate”, or others might say, “It was meant to be”. While attending his first Mecum Auction with a close friend in New York, tragedy struck. It was September 11, 2001, all planes were grounded and the event staff was unable to reach the auction site. As a lifelong car lover, Ray eagerly volunteered to help coordinate cars and assist in any way he could. Ray’s spirit and enthusiasm and recent retirement from pharmaceutical sales made it a natural for London to go on the road with Mecum, and he did just that. “I’ve made lifelong friends over the last 10 years, and look forward to going to every auction.” M
TIM PHILLIPS has been intrigued by helping people buy and sell collector cars ever since his first Mecum Auction over seven years ago. A full-time auctioneer since the early 1980s, Tim started working for Mecum when another bidder’s assistant became ill just before an auction. During his tenure with Mecum, Phillips has helped people from all over the world buy cars and enjoys working unique auction events such as last year’s ‘57 Heaven Collection. When asked about his favorite aspect of working for Mecum Auctions, Tim mentioned, “The entire Mecum crew consists of good people that work together like one big family.” M
WELBY MD joined Mecum Auctions full time in January 2007 and has evolved his primary responsibility as the answer man to the Mecum home office phone system. Welby has taken his strong discipline skill set from his military experience to develop a consistent phone call delivery system to ensure all phone calls get to the correct department or person. During auctions, you can find Welby as your first point of contact in the auction office whereby he will always ensure you get to the right station based on your specific needs. “I realize customer service is the most important aspect of my job, and like everyone at Mecum, I take that very seriously.” M
MECUM101 Free Access into the World of Car Collecting With so many different ways to approach researching the collector car industry today, Mecum’s infoNet service provides convenient, easy-to-navigate features to help anyone learn more about purchasing a collector car. Any visitor on our website can search consignments for our upcoming auctions, but only Mecum infoNet subscribers have access to past auction results. Subscribers may search by year, make and model, or lot number to reveal the selling price or high bid of any vehicle that crossed the Mecum auction block within the last few years. For example, a subscriber is interested in the selling prices of first generation Camaros. He or she can use our pull-down menus and year range feature to browse our database. Simply choose All Past Auctions and Chevrolet from the drop down menus, type Camaro in the Model field and
1967 and 1969 in the Year and Year End fields. Instantly, the hammer prices for hundreds of recently purchased first generation Camaros are at your fingertips. When searching for a specific vehicle, an infoNet user can go directly to the car by using the drop down menu to search by auction and then type the lot number. We publish our auction results hourly throughout an event, so this is a great way to check the hammer price on a specific vehicle in real time. In addition to tracking market trends, the Mecum infoNet service provides subscribers access to our • Live Auction Webcasts • iPhone and iPod Touch WebApp • Dream Car Profile • Special Member Only E-mail notices • and Much, Much More. M
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Costilow/Larson, CSX2093 Winningest Competition Cobra in History
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