Mecum’s Kissimmee 2026 sale was always going to be newsworthy – after all, it’s not every auction in which a Ferrari 250 GTO enters the fray. However, perhaps the more fascinating story concerns the Bachman collection of low-mileage, largely red-and-yellow Ferraris. But first to the 250 GTO…
The example in question is chassis 3279, originally sold to privateer racing outfit John Coombs. The car achieved second overall at the RAC Tourist Trophy at Goodwood in both 1962 and 1963, when the event formed an official round of the FIA International Championship for GT Manufacturers. In 1962 it was loaned to Jaguar’s Competition Department for aerodynamic and performance testing, before being driven by Jack Sears to a class victory in the GT category at the 1963 Guards Trophy at Brands Hatch. Sears later acquired the Ferrari outright, owning it from 1970 until 1999, after which it became part of the Jon Shirley Collection. You can read more details about its history here.
As the only 250 GTO to leave the factory in white, it was unclear just what the estimate was going to be at Mecum’s Kissimmee 2026 sale. The auctioneer opened the bidding at $50 million, but fairly quickly dropped the opening gambit to $25m, from which it grew quickly to $30m; it then rose to $34.5m, before well-known collector David Lee placed the winning $35m bid after a ten-minute wait. This rose to $38.5m with fees attached. Magneto magazine will have further analysis of where this sits in the wider spectrum of 250 GTO sale values elsewhere this week.
While $38.5m is hardly a figure to be sniffed at, Mecum’s Kissimmee 2026 sale result for the above Bachman Enzo was rather more surprising. Ordered by the Bachmans and customised with the Ferrari factory, it was one of 11 Giallo Fly Enzos delivered to the US, and it had covered 649 miles. The final figure was $17.875m – a spectacular increase over the next most expensive Enzo, the ex-Fernando Alonso car sold by Monaco Car Auctions in 2023 for €5.4m. This wasn’t just a one-off rush for a yellow car, either – a red example also sold at Mecum for $11.110m.
The Enzo wasn’t the only spectacular Ferrari result at Mecum’s Kissimmee 2026 sale – indeed, the Bachman collection threw up a slew of record results. The above 1995 Ferrari F50, formerly owned by golfer Ian Poulter, sold for $12.21m, smashing the previous $9.2445m record set last August. Next up, a 2017 LaFerrari Aperta sold for $11m, nearly twice the price paid for one last year in Monterey and significantly more than the record set in 2017; the last US LaFerrari built sold for $6.71m.
Bachman’s F40s both smashed the record for a standard F40 – his 1992 car, bought new, sold for $6.6m, while his second F40, also from 1992, sold for $5.83m. Bachman also bought a 288 GTO new, and this sold for almost double the previous record, ending up at $8.25m.
Elsewhere, a 2006 FXX (the only one produced in yellow) sold for $6.325m, an alloy-bodied 275 GTB/4 went for $6.05m, a 2011 599 SA Aperta sold for $4.95m and a 599 GTO reached $3.96m. This all means that the halo Ferrari models – 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, LaFerrari – all have new auction records following Mecum’s sale.
Further down the lot list, there were bigger shocks for more ‘normal’ Ferraris, too – a 550 Barchetta sold for $1.265m, a 430 Scuderia Spider 16M went for $1.98m and a 360 Challenge Stradale sold for $1.155m.
There were big results elsewhere at Mecum’s Kissimmee 2026 sale, too – the only other car to enter the top ten sales at the Florida bonanza was the above 1966 Ford GT40 Factory Lightweight. Chassis XGT-3 is one of just three factory lightweight MkIIs, out of nine surviving MkIIs in general. There’s more about this car’s history here; it sold for $12.375m on Friday night. The other notable GT40 in the sale, the only Carroll Shelby-driven MkI, and the last unfinished chassis, which was finally built up in 2009, failed to sell.
Mecum’s Kissimmee 2026 sale lot list included three Porsche 918 Spyder Weissachs, and the above car – a one-of-one example in Pure Orange – sold for $6.05m, smashing the previous record set by RM Sotheby’s in December 2023. The other one-of-one 918 Spyder failed to sell, but a Martini-liveried example on 641 miles came close to beating the previous auction record, too, settling at $3.575m.
Elsewhere, Mecum’s 2022 Bugatti Chiron sold for just shy of the record at $3.85m, but the 2014 Pagani Huayra broke the record for a standard car, selling for $3.327m.
In the US muscle realm, lead result was the above ‘narrow hip’ 1965 Shelby 427 Cobra; one of 32 built, it was never going to beat the record set for Carroll Shelby’s own car, but it was a high watermark for non SC/Competition cars, selling for $3.3m.
Elsewhere at Mecum’s Kissimmee 2026 sale, a 1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda Convertible sold for $3.3m and a 1969 Yenko Chevrolet Camaro sold for $1.815m.
Further details
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