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Kissimmee 2026 sales bonanza: Early highlights from Mecum classic and collector car auctions

Words: Nathan Chadwick | Photography: Mecum

Mecum’s Kissimmee 2026 sales roster numbers more than 4500 vehicles over 12 days – if you can think of a model, there’s a good chance you’ll find it at Osceola Heritage Park.

Having started on January 6, he sale runs until January 18, 2026, and the headline lots – such as the ex-Coombs Ferrari 250 GTO, the Bachman Ferrari collection and the only Mk1 GT40 driven by Carroll Shelby – are yet to come up for grabs at time of writing. You can expect to see the GT40 on Friday January 16, with the Ferraris up for grabs the next day.

However, there have been early highlights, with Corvettes proving to be popular. A prime highlight of day one, for example, was the above 1963 Split Window offered from the US 30 collection of long-termed stored cars. It sold for $99k, and a 1967 427/400 from the same collection sold for $73,700. Corvettes made three of the top ten sales on day two as well, and two for day three. Leading sale on day two went to a 1965 Cobra Shelby Replica Roadster with a Ford Coyote V8 ($69,300) while day’s three’s top lot was an 83-mile 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 ($134,750).

It was another Corvette that took top billing on Friday, January 9: the above Bloomington Gold-certified 1967 427/435 Convertible restored by Thorpe’s Body Shop in O’Fallon, Illinois, which sold for $173,250. Other highlights from Friday included a one-of-249 1999 Shelby Series 1 ($148,500) and a 2005 Ferrari F430 Spider F1 (€145,750).

Saturday January 10 saw yet another Corvette take top spot – this time a custom 1963 Split Window, but at number two was the above car – the unique 1955 Runge RS RS012 from The Aberdeen Creek Collection. Commissioned by the seller, it was designed and built by Christopher Runge out of aluminium with English wheels, wooden mallets and a wooden body buck, and fitted with gullwing doors over a steel tube frame. The process took three years, and is powered by a mid-mounted 220bhp Powerhaus 2332cc/220bhp flat-four engine. There’s a Benco four-speed Longbox transaxle gearbox, adjustable Koni dampers and independent suspension front and rear. It sold for $242k.

One of the other major highlights from Saturday was the above 1998 Toyota Supra MkIV. This manual car sold for $242k, which by our reckoning makes it the third highest result for a non-online-only auction Supra (we’re not including the Fast & Furious movie cars), and the highest result since 2022. What helped this particular example’s cause was that it was a manual, US-delivered machine (most cars sold in the States were autos) and that it had done a little over 6000 miles – and was completely unmodified.

Sunday saw another Chevrolet shine, but this time it wasn’t a Corvette – it was custom Camaro. Second on the list was the above 1970 Pontiac 455 HO GTO Convertible that had been restored as a Ram Air IV replica. Coming with an eight-track player and an original Pontiac Surrounding Sounds of Stereo tape still in its cellophane wrapper, it sold for $148,500.

Further details

Mecum’s Kissimmee 2026 sales continue until January 18. More details can be found here.

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