Buying a car at auction is inherently risky. Beyond the potential for bidding wars and the as-is nature of sales, the real power is held by the auction house, and sometimes it’s not wielded with the ...

Mecum Auctions welcomes an estimated 100,000 car enthusiasts and bidders to its “gearhead amusement park” with 4,500 vehicles consigned for the event, which runs Jan. 6-18.

Every January, the pull is almost gravitational. From snowy garages in the Midwest to sun-splashed driveways out West, the ...

Fans of classic and collector cars will not want to miss this year’s Mecum Auctions at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg. About 1,200 cars are set to be part of the ...

Bobby Adams thought he’d purchased a 1956 Lincoln Continental Mark II Sport Coupe for $31,000 during a Mecum auction last week. His bid was the highest when the hammer fell, but immediately after, the ...

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For a decade — minus two years due to COVID-19 — Mecum Auctions has been bringing thousands of vintage and new-age vehicles and memorabilia to central Pennsylvania. This year’s Harrisburg Mecum ...

John Kraman knew cars and guitars, trucks and airplanes. A collector, historian, rock and roll band member and former automotive and aircraft salesman, Kraman thrived on details. Kraman, who died in ...

Auctions are exciting places when bidders are fighting over blue-chip classics, but Mecum’s most recent sale raised pulses for the wrong reason after one of the lots launched an attack on at least ...

I sat behind the wheels of two classic Mercedes-Benz cars, a pair of Jaguar convertibles, a Honda S2000 and a classic Corvette coupe, all within a matter of hours. This was only possible during my day ...