Mecum Auctions broke records with this year’s massive Kissimmee event, declaring it the “most successful auction in collector car history.”
Behind this claim is a staggering $441 million in overall sales during the 13-day auction, which took place at Osceola Heritage Park and gathered 140,000 attendees. The company sold more than 2,700 cars, representing more than a century of automotive history, with some lots fetching several thousand dollars and others soaring into the millions.
The main attraction of this year’s auction, the only 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO finished in white, sold for a staggering $38.5 million to Ferrari collector David Lee. This makes it one of the most expensive cars ever sold at auction.
In what turned out to be the year of the Ferrari for Mecum Kissimmee, a collection of 46 rare Ferraris previously owned by the late Phil and Martha Bachman sold for $125 million. The collection’s yellow 2003 Ferrari Enzo sold for $17.8 million, followed by a red 1995 Ferrari F50 that sold for $12.2 million and a yellow 2017 Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta that sold for $11 million.
The Bachman Ferrari Collection features more than 40 Ferraris being sold at no reserve at the Mecum Kissimmee collector car auction at Osceola Heritage Park on Jan. 7, 2026. Billed as the “world’s largest collector car auction,” the event features more than 4,100 vehicles —including rare Ferraris and classic muscle cars — up for auction over 13 auction days, concluding on Jan. 18. (Patrick Connolly/Orlando Sentinel)
Other top-dollar lots included a 1966 Ford GT40 MkII factory lightweight that sold for $12.3 million, a red 2003 Ferrari Enzo that sold for $11.1 million and a 1969 Chevrolet Yenko Camaro prototype that sold for $1.8 million, making it the most valuable Camaro ever sold at auction.
“When exceptional cars emerge from important estates or long-held private collections, especially those never before offered publicly, they consistently command premium prices,” reads a post-auction statement from Mecum Auctions. “The results in Kissimmee reflect those dynamics, as seen with collections like the Bachman Ferraris and the Yenkos from the Cliff Ernst estate.”
A 1969 Chevrolet Yenko Camaro prototype sold for $1.8 million at Mecum Kissimmee 2026, making it the most valuable Camaro ever sold at auction. (Courtesy Mecum Auctions, Inc.)
The first Mecum auction at Osceola Heritage Park in January 2006 was a two-day event featuring just a couple of tents and a few thousand visitors. Now, the 200-acre grounds are transformed into a massive automotive showcase with 900,000 square feet of tents that house thousands of vehicles consigned for auction.
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