Mecum's Auction in Chicago

[attorney2]

Hemi Under Glass Barracuda will be for sale at Mecums in Chicago early October. (Schaumburg Convention Center) Should be a good event.

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/top_picks.cfm?AUCTION_ID=CH1013

I'm going. Won't be buying, but I'm going. They are great events. Lots to see. General public allowed on the floor to mill around near the actual bidders and lots of access to see the cars up close. At least when they had Mecums in St. Charles.

Richard E.

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[Smokinhot]

There's an ass load I would love to have

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

My dad will be there with his Mach 1. He is also friends with the owner of all the Hemi under glass cars. The guy is downsizing his collection. Just sold something like 30 cars at the last Mecum auction.

 

[Euro]

I'm so glad this event moved and is now an 8 minute trip instead of a 30 minute trip!

IN for this one.

 

[PANDA]

Look like they don't have many cars?

I assume the whole auction list is posted online.

 

[attorney2]

Looks like they are still accumulating cars. Still early yet. Looks like they project 1,000 cars. Hemi Under Glass is a milestone drag car. Will go for huge dollars.

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/group_consignment_list.cfm?AUCTION_ID=SC0513&GROUP_ID=10119

Those where the cars he sold at the last mecum auction.... He also owns Mr. Norms... such a cool laid back guy to talk to.

Today, all three of the early steel-bodied Hemi Under Glass Cudas (about 30 different variations were built, all told, many with fiberglass bodies) are in a private collection owned by Bill Sefton, who also heads up Mr. Norm's Garage. When he acquired the cars from Bob Riggle, there was one condition: Sefton insisted on a ride with Riggle in the 1968 car, to demonstrate how he herded this handful of Hemis on the strip. Riding shotgun on one wild pass, "It was pretty frantic in that cockpit," Sefton admits, shaking his head in disbelief. "It was the ten busiest seconds I've seen in my entire life.

http://www.automedia.com/Hemi_Under_Glass_Cudas/res20120101hg/1

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I'd kill most of the people in this thread for those

 

[slowchevy]

there's a mecum auto auction center near walworth, wi too.

 

[slowchevy]

i know it's totally off topic but i wonder if they do them there too frequently. couldn't find anything on the google

 

[VenomousDSG]

Really don't like the Mecum family or their employees, but I love those auctions and a lot of the vehicles in them.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Really don't like the Mecum family or their employees, but I love those auctions and a lot of the vehicles in them.

Out of curiosity Why's that?

 

[Euro]

I've never attended on the night where all the main event/showcase cars pass through the block. Hopefully this year I'll nerd up my Saturday night and go watch

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

I know it's anew venue and time of the year. I'm sure they are still getting all the cars signed up and stuff. My dad hasn't called in for his yet, and I'm sure many others are the same way.

I've heard nothing but rude things about Dana Mecum and his family, but have no idea if they are true.

 

[VenomInside]

DO WANT!

 

[b4black]

Then in May, 43 cars from the Sefton Collection turned up at the Mecum Auction in Indianapolis, Indiana. Of the cars offered, 33 sold for a combined $1,454,500, and now additional cars from the Sefton collection (including the four Hemi Under Glass cars described above) are scheduled to be sold at Mecum’s upcoming Chicago auction. Sefton, who was recently convicted for tax evasion, has of late been paying restitution to the IRS; on August 7, Sefton and a partner, Michael Martorano, paid $7.3 million in back corporate taxes for a business venture known as Consumer Benefit Service, Incorporated. In addition, Sefton paid $1.4 million more in personal income tax, was fined $12,500 and was ordered to split the cost of the prosecution with co-defendant Martorano. Sefton was also sentenced to 48 months in prison, although he has until August 21 to file an appeal. If no appeal is filed, Sefton is scheduled to begin his sentence on November 5.

 

[Outlaw]

Hemi Under Glass is a milestone drag car. Will go for huge dollars.

I got to see that car run at the Hot Rod Reunion this past year. Nothing but vintage drag cars at Beech Park raceway in Kentucky. Very cool experience.

Shitty pic, but, a screenshot of a video from far away.

 

[VenomousDSG]

Out of curiosity Why's that?

Very arrogant/cocky. Plus they treat bidders like retards and are extremely pushy. I would never buy a vehicle from one of their auctions, but they are fun to watch.