NEW YORK, New York, 19 October 2015
Walworth, Wis. – Dec. 10, 2015 – In addition to being dubbed as the world’s
largest collector-car and Road Art auction offering approximately 3,000
vehicles and more than 1,000 items of memorabilia and signs each year,
the Mecum Kissimmee auction at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee,
Fla., has also debuted some big surprises and epic offerings. This Jan.
15-24 will keep that trend going strong. Among the many other stellar
headliners, nearly two-dozen cars from the celebrated Wayne Schmeeckle
Muscle Car Collection will cross the auction block on Friday, Jan. 22.
Collector Wayne Schmeeckle has worked for nearly two decades to ensure
that the vehicles in his collection are truly the apex of high performance,
exclusivity and history, and equally as important, that they each have the
paperwork to back it all up.
Comprising cars from 1967 through 1971, the collection features many of
the most exclusive vehicles to emerge from that short-lived stretch including
several cars that benefited from the knowledgeable dealers and skillful Day
Two modifiers who knew how to create the most optimal combinations
available. Muscle cars with ties to Yenko Chevrolet are among
Schmeeckle’s favorite, and he has acquired many with three four-speed ’69
Yenko Camaros (Lots F157, F163 and F172), a ’69 Yenko Chevelle (Lot
F167), a ’70 Yenko Deuce (Lot F161) and a ’69 Corvette (Lot F176) sold
new at Yenko Chevrolet among those to be on offer at the upcoming
Kissimmee auction.
His two Baldwin-Motion Phase III Camaros (Lots F170 and F171) were
among the most difficult vehicles in his collection to locate with his 1971
Camaro existing as one of just three known and his 1968 Camaro standing
as a highly original example with just 4,085 original miles.
Schmeeckle’s goal has always been to constantly strive to upgrade or
"trade up" to obtain the best example possible of each rare car, and these
cars evidence that commitment with true top-shelf muscle. “A lot of times
we’ve upgraded cars two or three times to get to the level where we’re at, so
we didn’t just go out and buy 50 cars,” says Schmeeckle. “We’ve probably
went through 150 cars to get to where we are today.”
In addition to those mentioned above, others in the lineup include two Boss
429s (Lots F159 and F160), two Winged Warriors (Lots F155 and F166), a
trio of ’71 Six Pack cars (Lots F168, F173 and F175), two highly original
Olds 442s (Lots F156 and F169), a four-speed Dodge Hemi Challenger R/T
(Lot F158), a Shelby American company car (Lot F174) and more.
Muscle-car enthusiasts around the globe will rejoice this Jan. 22 as a total
of 23 of those top-shelf and well-documented vehicles are offered to the
public at the world’s largest collector-car auction in Kissimmee. It’s an
unprecedented opportunity to own what Wayne Schmeeckle knows to be
“some of the best of the best.”
For additional information on the Wayne Schmeeckle Collection, or to
register as a bidder, visit Mecum.com. Bidder registration is $100 when
completed in advance online, or $200 on-site at the auction. Mecum
Kissimmee 2016 is open to buyers, sellers and spectators with general
admission tickets available at the gate for $30 per day or $180 for all 10
days; children 12 and younger are admitted free of charge. Portions of the
auction will be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network with a stream of the
entire event presented on Mecum’s website.
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