Houston Highlights
MECUM’S HOUSTON, TEXAS, AUCTION, HELD DECEMBER 3-5, HAULED IN $14.7 MILLION WITH AN 83-percent sell-through rate. More than $3 million of the sales were American cars, reaching as far back as 1909. One of the top lots from this group was a stately 1963 Lincoln Continental convertible that changed hands for $106,700. The car’s ground-up restoration took place in 2019 and included a rebuilt suspension, brakes, new leather interior, and more. The triple-black, four-door convertible showed 79,388 miles on the odometer and was powered by a 320-hp V-8 engine with an automatic transmission.
A 1954 Buick Roadmaster convertible, finished in Lido Green with an ivory/tan interior, also sold in Houston and netted $62,700. It was powered by a Buick “nailhead” V-8 engine topped with a Rochester four-barrel carburetor…