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On June 1, 2018, it was announced that a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO had sold for $70 million at a private auction, at the time a world record. [ 2] The 1904 Rolls-Royce 10 hp Two-Seater is currently listed on the Guinness World Records as the most expensive veteran car to be sold, at the price of US$7,254,290 (equivalent to $10,660,000 in 2023), on a ...
Mecum Auctions was founded in 1988 by Dana Mecum, [1] a car enthusiast whose father operated a dealership in Marengo, Illinois. [2] [3] Dana Mecum initially bought 40 semi-trailer trucks in the 1980s, and traded 10 of them for four houses which he rented out. According to him, "The tenants started calling me in the middle of the night to fix ...
Each car sold for approximately $1,000 more than an equivalent Bel Air. Today, the El Morocco is a valuable collector's car, with one selling for $181,500 in 2016. Another pair from a trio offered at Mecum's Kissimmee auction on January 16, 2021, sold for $165,000 & $220,000 respectively, while the third received a highest bid of $195,000 but ...
1956 Aston Martin DBR1. Sold for: $22.55 million (Sotheby’s, Monterey, Calif., 2017). Sotheby’s deemed this car, “the most important model in Aston Martin history.” It is also the first of ...
Monterey Car Week in Pebble Beach ended yesterday with a bang. For the first time, a “preservation class” car won top honors at Sunday’s Pebble Beach Concours, a 1934 Bugatti Type 59 Sports ...
A 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider on offer from Gooding and Company, estimated to sell for $15 million-$17 million at auction. (Gooding and Company) (Gooding and Company)
In 2018, Academy of Art University auctioned off 50 cars at Mecum Las Vegas for $3.7 million. [12] Early in 2018, Robert Fisher was announced as the new CEO of the Academy of Art University Automobile Museum. [13] In May 2019, four cars were sold for $467,500; and 15 more cars were sold in August 2019 for $1.69 million. [12]
The 1971 Hemi 'Cuda convertible is now considered one of the most valuable collectible muscle cars. Only thirteen were built, seven of which were sold domestically. The most recent public sale was at the June 2014 Mecum auction in Seattle, where a blue-on-blue 4-speed sold for US$3.5 million (plus buyers premium).