Industry-Leader Mecum Auctions Starts 2019 With $133.8 Million In Sales

February 6, 2019 by Mecum

Industry-Leader Mecum Auctions Starts 2019 With $133.8 Million In SalesJanuary 2019 Marks the Most Successful Month in Company History

WALWORTH, Wis. – Feb. 5, 2019 – Mecum Auctions kicked off its year with its highest-grossing month to date this January. After the close of the company's annual Kissimmee, Florida, auction and the 28th annual Vintage and Antique Motorcycle Auction in Las Vegas, total sales for January 2019 reached $133.8 million. In all, Mecum offered a mind-boggling 7,517 lots of collector cars, motorcycles and Road Art in January with an amazing 6,267 hammering sold for an 83 percent sell-through rate.

Mecum's annual auction in Kissimmee, the largest collector-car auction in the world, continues to grow each year. This year's event, held Jan. 3-13 at Osceola Heritage Park, saw nearly 3,500 classic and collector cars cross the auction block and 2,328 change hands for a 72 percent sell-through rate and $107.5 million in overall vehicle and Road Art sales.

Kissimmee 2019 saw the hammer fall on the most valuable Mustang ever sold at public auction. In a flurry of eager bidding, the one-of-one 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake's(Lot F124) final sale price climbed to a whopping $2.2 million. Complete top 10 sales list below.

Mecum's Road Art division also had its most prolific month to date for consignment auctions with more than 4,000 items crossing the auction block in January. Road Art in Kissimmee featured 17 private collections and a separate stage exclusively for auctioning Road Art, and the Vegas event boasted a newly discovered investment-grade estate of Indian Motorcycle collectibles.

In all, the January Las Vegas motorcycle auction this year reached an unprecedented $26.3 million in overall motorcycle and Road Art sales, an increase of 87 percent over the previous record-setting 2018 auction. Held Jan. 22-26 at the South Point Hotel and Casino, the world's largest motorcycle auction achieved a 91-percent sell-through rate as more than 1,340 motorcycles hammered sold.

Highlighted by Sweden's MC Collection of 230 masterpieces of motorcycle history, the auction elicited excited and aggressive bidding resulting in strong individual sales across the board and a top 10 sales list of exclusively six-figure sales.

The auction's top two sellers were both of the extremely rare Crocker brand; the first, a1939 Crocker Big Tank (Lot F111) demanded a jaw-dropping $704,000, while its little brother, a 1937 Small Tank 61-25 (Lot S151) reached a selling price of $423,500.


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The complete top 10 collector-car sales at the Mecum Kissimmee 2019 auction include:

1.2014 Ferrari LaFerrari (Lot S114) at $3,300,000

1.1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake (Lot F124) at $2,200,000

1.The 1969 L88 Corvette Offering (Lot F151) at $990,000

1.1930 Duesenberg Model J Torpedo Phaeton (Lot S103) at $935,000

1.1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 (Lot S171) at $495,000

1.1954 Chrisman Bonneville Coupe (Lot S149) at $484,000

1.1966 Shelby GT350 Fastback (Lot F101) at $440,000

1.1955 Imperial Convertible (Lot F98) at $418,000

1.1963 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (Lot S174) at $396,000

1.2005 Ford GT (Lot S224) at $352,000

The complete top 10 motorcycle sales at the 28th annual Vintage and Antique Motorcycle Auction include:

1.1939 Crocker Big Tank (Lot F111) at $704,000

1.1937 Crocker Small Tank 61-25 (Lot S151) at $423,500

1.1925 Brough Superior SS100 Alpine Grand Sport (Lot F123) at $357,500

1.1912 Henderson Model A (Lot F115) at $302,500

1.1975 Ducati 750SS Green Frame (Lot S126) at $247,500

1.1925 BMW R37 (Lot F147) at $220,000

1.1913 Pierce T Four (Lot F135) at $192,500

1.1992 Honda NR 750 (Lot F155) at $181,500

1.1923 Ace Four Cylinder Sporting Solo (Lot F118) at $176,000

1.1915 Henderson Four Model D (Lot F136) at $170,500

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1930 Duesenberg Model J Auction Results
1930 Duesenberg Model J Auction Results
1930 Duesenberg Model J Auction Results
1930 Duesenberg Model J Auction Results
1930 Duesenberg Model J Auction Results
Chassis Number: 2276
Engine Number: J-255
Sale DateResultPre-Auction Estimates Auction House
June 2010  $800,000 - $1,000,000  Bonhams 
August 2011  $800,000 - $1,000,000  Bonhams 
February 2013 $698,500    Bonhams 
August 2013 $950,000  $850,000 - $1,000,000  Mecum 
January 2014 Not sold. High bid of $1,100,000.00 $1,100,000 - $1,500,000  Mecum 
October 2016 Not sold. High bid of $800,000.00   Mecum 
August 2018 Not sold. High bid of $900,000.00 $1,000,000 - $1,200,000  Mecum 
January 2019 $935,000  $900,000 - $1,100,000  Mecum 

1985 Pontiac Trans Am Experimental Auction Results
1985 Pontiac Trans Am Experimental Auction Results
1985 Pontiac Trans Am Experimental Auction Results
1985 Pontiac Trans Am Experimental Auction Results
1985 Pontiac Trans Am Experimental Auction Results
Chassis Number: EX4796
Sale DateResultPre-Auction Estimates Auction House
March 2010 $35,200  $50,000 - $80,000 No Reserve RM Sothebys 
January 2017 $44,000    Barrett-Jackson 
January 2019 $40,700  $45,000 - $60,000  Mecum 

1967 Ferrari 330 GTC Auction Results
1967 Ferrari 330 GTC Auction Results
Chassis Number: 9955
Engine Number: 9955
Sale DateResultPre-Auction Estimates Auction House
January 2016 Not sold. High bid of $600,000.00 $650,000 - $750,000  Mecum 
October 2016 Not sold. High bid of $550,000.00   Mecum 
November 2016 Not sold. High bid of $575,000.00   Mecum 
January 2017 Not sold. High bid of $580,000.00   Mecum 
May 2017 Not sold. High bid of $650,000.00   Mecum 
May 2018 Not sold. High bid of $550,000.00 $550,000 - $700,000  Mecum 
August 2018 Not sold. High bid of $550,000.00 $550,000 - $650,000  Mecum 
January 2019 Not sold. High bid of $500,000.00 $550,000 - $650,000  Mecum 
October 2019 Not sold. High bid of $500,000.00   Mecum 
January 2020 Not sold. High bid of $500,000.00 $550,000 - $650,000  Mecum 
March 2020 Not sold. High bid of $500,000.00   Mecum 
July 2020 Not sold. High bid of $500,000.00 $500,000 - $600,000  Mecum 
January 2022    Mecum 
August 2022 $577,500    Mecum 

2001 Ford Forty-Nine Concept Auction Results
2001 Ford Forty-Nine Concept Auction Results
2001 Ford Forty-Nine Concept Auction Results
2001 Ford Forty-Nine Concept Auction Results
2001 Ford Forty-Nine Concept Auction Results
Body Number: unknown
Sale DateResultPre-Auction Estimates Auction House
September 2010 $67,100  $75,000 - $100,000  RM Sothebys 
January 2019 $51,700  $40,000 - $60,000  Mecum 

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