A photo story

A Mecum auction

November 2026

I walked the floor at a Mecum auction in November 2026, and this copper-orange Ford Bronco is the photo I led with. It has a winch on the front bumper, a black roll bar, and the Bronco script on the fender, with a red car parked behind it, hood up.

The rest of the floor was a mix of everything I wanted to look at twice. There was a teal and white Volkswagen bus, a metallic purple lowrider with the hood and door open over a set of floor mirrors, and a bright red Corvette convertible with the script on the back. Farther along I found a patina coupe with a glossy blue roof and painted bullet holes, a slammed yellow and black semi cab with tall chrome stacks, an orange and black Dodge pickup with KC lights on the roll bar, a black lifted four-door off-roader with a SOFLO mark, and a little red and black MG roadster sitting next to a lifted silver Mercedes with a V8 Kompressor badge and an orange Dodge convertible. I also photographed the auction stand, with the auctioneer in a cowboy hat on the microphone and a black coupe up on the big screen, and a red Schwinn Sting-Ray parked in front of a couple of vintage cruisers.

The Auction Entrance sign, with a yellow arrow and the Mecum Auctions logo.

A teal and white split-windshield Volkswagen bus with yellow fog lights, parked on a collector car auction floor — A teal and white Volkswagen bus with a split windshield and yellow fog lights.

A metallic purple lowrider with the hood and door open, gold-leaf and pinstripe work in the engine bay, and chrome floor mirrors, with a blue Ford Bronco behind it — A metallic purple lowrider, hood and door open, with gold-leaf work in the engine bay and chrome floor mirrors. A blue Ford Bronco sits behind it.

The rear of a bright red Corvette convertible with the Corvette script, quad taillights, and the hood up, on a collector car auction floor — The rear of a bright red Corvette convertible, with the Corvette script on the deck and the hood up.

An auctioneer in a brown cowboy hat at a microphone on an auction stand, with two staff at the desk and a black coupe on the overhead screen — The auction stand, with the auctioneer in a cowboy hat on the microphone and a black coupe on the overhead screen.

A patina coupe with a glossy blue roof, cream and rust body, painted bullet-hole graphics, whitewall tires, and the hood up — A patina coupe with a glossy blue roof, painted bullet-hole graphics, and whitewall tires, hood up.

A red Schwinn Sting-Ray bicycle and two vintage cruisers on a concrete floor, with a green dinosaur statue and a faded Hot Dogs and Hamburgers sign behind them — A red Schwinn Sting-Ray and two vintage cruisers, with a green dinosaur statue and a faded Hot Dogs and Hamburgers sign behind them.

A slammed yellow and black custom hot-rod semi cab with tall chrome stacks, polished tanks, and the hood tilted open — A slammed yellow and black custom semi cab with tall chrome stacks and the hood tilted open.

An orange and black Dodge pickup with the hood up, dual KC lights on an orange roll bar, and orange wheels — An orange and black Dodge pickup with dual KC lights on the roll bar and orange wheels, hood up.

A black lifted four-door off-roader with a SOFLO mark on the inner fender, a slatted metal grille, and a winch, with a mint-green Volkswagen bus behind it — A black lifted four-door off-roader with a SOFLO mark on the inner fender, and a mint-green Volkswagen bus behind it.

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