Mecum’s annual flagship traditional and collector automotive public sale occasion in Indianapolis achieved greater than $100 million in general gross sales for the second yr in a row, and with a $113 million whole realized at this yr’s public sale, it stands because the second-highest whole ever reached within the occasion’s 36-year historical past.
Gross sales have been led by important attraction choices such because the 1970 Plymouth Cuda 440 Speedy Transit Present Automobile and the 1970 Dodge Hemi Challenger R/T SE ‘The Black Ghost’, which offered for $2.2 million and $1.07 million, respectively.
The entire checklist of high 10 sellers in Indianapolis proved to be a mirrored image of the public sale’s general range of choices, together with an array of each classic and fashionable automobiles and encompassing each luxurious and efficiency autos as properly. The singular consistency among the many group was their shared standing as American-built machines. Two Ford GT Heritage Editions made the checklist—a 2020 mannequin that offered for $1.38 million and a 2006 mannequin that offered for $660,000. A pair of Corvettes made the highest 10 checklist as properly, with a 1971 Chevrolet Corvette Export ZR2 Coupe bringing $715,000 and a 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible reaching $660,000.
Non-public car collections provided in Indianapolis offered for an mixture of greater than $35.76 million, with top-selling assemblages together with the Hustle for the Muscle No Reserve Assortment that noticed 61 automobiles promote for a complete of $8.66 million, and The Apex Assortment, which noticed 24 of its vehicles promote for a complete of $4.23 million. The Clyde Horst Assortment of 14 vehicles offered in its entirety for greater than $2.04 million, and The Chris Bishop Assortment of 24 vehicles additionally noticed a 100% sell-through fee bringing $2.49 million in whole.
The entire high 10 collector automotive gross sales on the Indy 2023 public sale embrace:
- 1970 Plymouth Cuda 440 Speedy Transit Present Automobile at $2,200,000
- 2020 Ford GT Heritage Version at $1,375,000
- 1970 Dodge Hemi Challenger R/T SE ‘The Black Ghost’ at $1,072,500
- 1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at $770,000
- 1971 Chevrolet Corvette Export ZR2 Coupe at $715,000
- 2006 Ford GT Heritage Version at $660,000
- 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible at $660,000
- 1931 Cadillac Sequence 452 V-16 Convertible Coupe at $660,000
- 1967 Shelby GT350 Fastback at $632,500
- 1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird at $605,000
Subsequent up for Mecum is a 600-vehicle providing in Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 9-10.
