Whether you’re into prewar classics, 1950s cruisers, ’90s family haulers, or the future collectibles of today, Mecum Auctions has you covered. The respected auction house brought a smorgasbord of choice to its popular Kansas City event at Missouri’s Kansas City Convention Center, November 30 through December 2, 2023.
As usual with Mecum, we encountered a fascinating array of cars, trucks, and motorcycles that went well beyond this auction house’s muscle-era specialty to represent literally every decade of the 20th and 21st centuries. There were 700 vehicles offered, along with 256 items of “Road Art” automobilia; after the final tallies were made, Mecum reported a 74-percent sell-through rate and $16.3 million in sales. The number-one earner was a 5,154-mile 2005 Ford GT that brought $429,000; following it in the top three were a Super Cobra Jet-powered 1970 Shelby G.T. 500 convertible ($286,000) and a 19-mile 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 ($214,500). Additionally, two collections were offered to bidders at no reserve: the
