[PICS] The Top 15 Corvette Sales of Mecum’s 2022 Orlando Summer Special

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Mecum Auctions’ traveling road show made a stop in central Florida earlier this month, and we were there to capture the action. While we typically reserve our patent pending Top 15 lists for the bigger sales like Indy, Kissimmee, or Monterrey, the Orlando event provided the opportunity to check things out on a somewhat smaller scale.

Corvettes occupied 118 slots on the Orlando docket. That’s right on pace with the usual 10% of each docket that we see at most Mecum sales. For comparison, Indy featured 297 Corvettes while Kissimmee had 403. Overall, Mecum’s second summer trip to Orlando reached $34.8 million in sales with a total of 869 cars changing hands.

The Orlando Top 15 list is an interesting departure from our two previous 2022 lists. There are no 7-figure cars and the value of our list rings in at a tick over $2 million. That’s about half of what we’ve seen earlier. Again, mainly due to more “everyman’s” Corvettes on this docket. The average value of each Top 15 member came in at $135,893.

The content of the list itself is consistent with what we’ve been seeing from the Corvette market. Restomods, C8s, and Midyears continue their strong runs. One-third of the Top 15 list was restomods while 6 more were factory-correct restored midyears. The final 4 consisted of 3 C8 Stingrays and a 1970 LT-1 convertible. No surprises here.

Corvettes at Mecum Orlando Summer Special

The top selling Corvette was a sinister black 1963 Restomod that sold for $308,000. In fact, 3 of the top 5 Corvette sales were restomods. 2nd place went to a cool red 1961 restomod which found a new home at $209,000. A 2022 C8.R convertible claimed the 3rd spot with a $151,250 sale. A second C8.R also made the top 15 thanks to its $128,250 price tag. 1963 split window coupes remain strong as seen with the red/red example that traded for $106,700. An award-winning 1970 LT-1 convertible completed the Top 15 by commanding a strong $93,500. LT-1s are another segment that looks to be gaining strength.

Interestingly, our preview cars didn’t fare very well. Three of the four cars failed to meet reserve. The 2019 ZR1 couldn’t be bought for $220,000. The striking orange 1961 restomod closed at $110,000 and $225,000 wasn’t enough to separate the silver 1963 split window coupe from it’s current owner.

The most cost-effective Corvette in Orlando was a red 1985 coupe that found a new garage at just $9,350. It’s always a C4, isn’t it?

So, as you can see, the Corvette market still looks about the same even at a smaller venue like Orlando. C8’s, restomods, and 1963-1967 models require big money no matter where you’re bidding on them.

Mecum’s next stop is in Harrisburg, PA on July 27th-30th, where 1,200 cars are expected.

Here’s a closer look at the Top 15 Corvettes from Mecum Orlando as well as our gallery from the event.

1. LOT F214 – 1963 CHEVROLET CORVETTE CUSTOM SPLIT WINDOW COUPE – $308,000