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Indianapolis. Mecum puts on a record auction
The Mecum car auction in Indianapolis recently achieved a record-breaking turnover of $96m, with 1,578 of the 1,930 cars on offer sold. The most expensive car was a pre-war 1930 Duesenberg Model SJ Convertible Victoria with coachwork by Rollston that sold for $2,970,000. This was followed by the 1969 Ford Bronco "Big Oly" which sold for $1,870,000. The auction included a variety of vehicles, including a replica of the 1966 Shelby Cobra Daytona driven by Dan Gurney and Bob Bondurant that sold for $51,700, and an 1982 Chevrolet Camaro Pace Car Edition that sold for $38,500.
Mecum’s big attraction party in Indianapolis, an event that spans several days in which hundreds of cars, motorcycles, boats and memorabilia are sold in presence, is something every enthusiast should experience at least once in their lifetime. And, if you do, don’t be surprised if at some point your hand raises on its own and an extraordinary car ends up in your garage – bear in mind that there are some very reasonably-priced car shipping firms that regularly set sail for Europe, so it’s all rather easy).
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This year, among the 1,578 cars sold out of 1,930 on offer, that yielded a turnover of of 96 million dollars, the top lot was a pre-war car, which perhaps has never happened in the thirty-odd years this event has been held, certainly not in the last 10.
