Mecum Kissimmee 2025 - unsold Porsche 917 and a pre-war surprise
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From January 7 to 19, 2025, the US auction house Mecum put over 4,000 cars under the hammer in Kissimmee, including Steve McQueen's famous Porsche 917K, as well as several Shelby Cobra, 300 SL and Ferrari classics. While many super classics were left standing, a pre-war Ruxton clearly exceeded expectations. This auction review analyzes some of the results and shows super classics in particular.
This article contains the following chapters
- Steve McQueen's Porsche 917 K (initially) not sold
- Ford GT40 as the most expensive car
- Ruxton as the biggest surprise
- One of three 300 SLs sold
- Ferrari and Lamborghini mostly below expectations
- American dominated
- Vehicles offered and sold
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Mecum auctioned off over 4000 cars in Kissimmee over 13 days from January 7 to 19, 2025. For years, car collectors have been making the pilgrimage to Florida in January to get their hands on a special car for the spring. Even in 2025, only some of the cars (there were also motorcycles and automobilia for sale) were classics, but the cars on offer included some very interesting vehicles. However, not all of them were able to convince the bidders. The highlight of the 13 auction days was undoubtedly the Porsche 917 K from 1969, which stood there in the Gulf colors of Steve McQueen's film when it belonged to the production company Solar Productions. The car later passed through various hands, including Reinhold Joest, Brian Redman, Richard Attwood, Frank Gallogly and Jerry Seinfeld.
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