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AUCTION NEWS

HIGHLIGHTS FROM KISSIMMEE

Mecum finished its 10-day auction with $275 million in total sales. Nearly 800 of the cars offered were American muscle and other high-performance models built from 1964 to 1972, and they changed hands at a rate of 74.2 percent.

Among the muscle cars crossing the block was this 1970 Hemi ’Cuda convertible, said to be one of the 14 made that year and one of

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