What started in 1988 with little more than a few helpers around a family dining room table, this company is now the world’s largest collector car auction company with the most auctions, the most consignments, and with more $700 million in total sales in 2023. Mecum Auctions maintains its close-knit family atmosphere with many team members who have been onboard since the company’s inception and its first auction at the Rockford, Illinois, airport.
While MECUM Auctions continues to expand its catalog of offerings to include an even wider array of collectibles encompassing entry-level to investment-grade classic and collector cars, vintage and antique motorcycles, signs and memorabilia items like gas pumps, pedal cars and clocks, and even collector-grade tractors and farm relics.
To more effectively manage the growth of Mecum’s Road Art and automobilia divisions, the company has expanded into Road Art and On-Time divisions, and joining us is Melissa Smith, the new Director of Mecum On Time to tell us more about Mecum’s Road Art and Mecum On Time programs.
In our discussion with Melissa, we cover topics like:
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- Tell us about Mecum Road Art and Mecum On Time.
- How does Mecum Auctions differentiate items sold as Mecum Road Art and Mecum On Time?
- What does Mecum On Time offer to customers that is different from buying auctions at a live auction-event?
- How did Mecum Auctions know that the Mecum On Time platform had growth potential and that it needed its separate staff?
- Are collections required to be from the automobilia arena? And, if so, what items seem to be most desired by collectors?
- How does the consignment process work for a person interested in consigning a collection with Mecum On Time?
- What are some of the highlight collections of Road Art items that are consigned to Mecum Kissimmee this year?
- How many Road Art items are consigned to Mecum Kissimmee this year and how many will be offered on Road Art Monday?
- What’s on offer at Mecum On Time and items to be on the lookout for?
- How does Mecum go about consigning collections for Mecum Road Art and Mecum On Time?
- and much, much more!
You can learn more and follow MECUM and their upcoming events online at www.mecum.com or can follow them on social @mecumauction on Facebook, @mecum_auctions on Instagram, @mecum on Twitter, and @mecumauction on Youtube.
The Road Art & On-Time Teams are always hard at work!
Nobody sells more than Mecum. Nobody. Mecum Auctions is the world leader of collector car, vintage and antique motorcycle, and Road Art sales, hosting auctions throughout the United States. The company has specialized in the sale of collector cars for more than 35 years, now offering more than 22,000 lots per year and averaging more than one auction each month.
Mecum Auctions is headquartered in Walworth, Wisconsin, and since 2011 has been ranked No. 1 in the world with the number of collector cars offered at auction and is host to the world’s largest collector car auction held annually in Kissimmee, Florida, as well as the largest motorcycle auction held annually in Las Vegas. Mecum’s Road Art and Mecum On Time divisions offer a wide-variety of collectibles for live and online auctions.
