Auctions 2026: can a year of great records surpass itself at Pebble Beach?

We are at the midpoint of the year, and it seems right to take stock of what we have been witnessing across the international auction circuit. I will say at the outset that we have lived through a remarkable first half — quite extraordinary, in fact. It begins in January with a record: Mecum at Kissimmee posting a total sold figure of $400 million, some $150 million ahead of 2025. For context, more cars changed hands at that single January sale than in the whole of 2010.