Mecum Auctions comes to Tulsa with 600 collector cars this weekend (2024)

Mecum Auctions returns to Tulsa this weekend for its fourth annual live collector car auction.

The June 7-8 auction lineup features more than 600 cars, including 39 Corvettes, from model year 1958 to 2018; 30 Camaros, from a first-year 1967 to a 2022 COPO edition; more than 20 1950s classics; at least 25 vintage and modern SUVs; and more than 85 pickups, from a 1929 Ford Model A to a turbocharged 2023 Chevrolet Silverado.

The auction is estimated to generate more than $600,000 in direct economic impact and more than $1 million in total economic impact for Tulsa, said Jonathan Huskey, director of communications with Tulsa Regional Tourism.

Although the auction is projected to have a significant impact on Tulsa’s economy, an expansive budget is not necessary to participate in the auction, said Sam Murtaugh, chief operating officer for Mecum.

“One of the great things about Mecum Auctions, we do truly cater to everybody,” Murtaugh said. “There’s something for everybody there, not just in quality but in value. So you don’t have to be a billionaire to be able to buy a lot of (the) cars at this event.”

The auction includes a pair of third-generation Corvettes in the form of a 4-speed 1972 Chevrolet Corvette LT1 convertible (Lot S193), a Top Flight award-winning 1968 Chevrolet Corvette convertible (Lot S183), a rotisserie-restored 1971 Volkswagen Type II Deluxe Bus (Lot S137) and a 2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse Premium (Lot S181) boasting a Coyote 5.0L/500 HP V-8 engine, 6-speed transmission and 12 miles on the odometer. A hot rod truck from the Heart of a Craftsman organization that was worked on at the Tulsa Boys’ Home will be up for auction.

The Friday and Saturday auction is in the SageNet Center at Expo Square in Tulsa. The gates open at 8 a.m. each day, and the road art auction begins at 9 a.m. The car collector auction begins at 10 a.m. Single-day tickets are $30, and children younger than 12 enter for free.

Go to mecum.com to view available cars and register to bid or consign.

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