Mecum’s April auction at Kansas City provided some interesting fodder for commentary. I’ll concentrate on the 1980s cars and trucks that actually sold (remember that this is not a no reserve auction — a black 1987 Buick Grand National coupe with 36,000 miles was bid up to $25,000) and add some of my opinions.
Thursday:
- 1986 black Mercedes-Benz 560SL convertible — $8,000 hammer price.
- 1986 red Chevrolet Corvette convertible with 54,000 miles — $8,500
- 1984 blue Chevrolet K10 custom pickup — $5,250
- 1986 white (of course!) Ford Bronco SUV with 41,000 miles — $10,500
- 1989 red Chevrolet Corvette convertible — $6,250
- 1989 red Lincoln Mark VII LSC coupe with 22,000 miles — $10,750
- 1986 burgundy Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS coupe with 81,000 miles — $7,500
Friday:
- 1984 blue Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS custom coupe — $13,000
- 1982 silver beige Chevrolet Corvette Collector’s Edition coupe with 14,000 miles — $17,000
- 1982 silver beige Chevrolet Corvette Collector’s Edition coupe with 27,000 miles — $15,000
- 1987 black Chevrolet Caprice Classic coupe with 167 miles — $15,000. Is this the nicest third-generation Caprice Classic available anywhere?
Saturday:
- 1985 white Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible — $11,000
- 1981 black Chevrolet Corvette coupe — $12,750
- 1982 silver beige Chevrolet Corvette Collector’s Edition coupe with 3,500 miles — at $19,000, the highest eighties vehicle sale at this auction.
- 1982 silver beige Chevrolet Corvette Collector’s Edition coupe with 8,100 miles — $17,000
- 1982 silver Chevrolet Corvette coupe with 4,000 miles — $16,500
- 1984 red Chevrolet Corvette coupe with 12,000 miles — $12,000. According to Hagerty’s valuation tools, all the money for an 1984 Corvette in #1 condition is $15,300.
- 1985 red Chevrolet C10 mild custom pickup — $18,000.
This auction backed up the truism that heading mid-west to get a collector car bargain is often a good idea. Fully half of the eighties cars that actually sold were Corvettes, with four of the 1982 Collector’s Edition coupes sold — it seems folks are finally giving up on these cars (the nicest of the late sharks) ever being worth real money.
What do you think of this auction’s results?
Eighties Cars 