Vintage Motorsports Collectables come to Mecum Online

TGR Staff - 02/15/2023

Collections featuring Formula One Grand Prix, endurance and road racing posters, farming collectibles, and music memorabilia are slated to accept bids over the next several weeks and beyond through Mecum On Time, Mecum Auctions’ online-only auction platform. Bidder registrations for Mecum On Time are complimentary, and the more than 400 items available from these collections will be sold without reserve at OnTime.Mecum.com.

The Formula One Grand Prix collection includes a vast array of 72 race posters from Formula One Grand Prix events held all over the world. From races at Monaco in the early 1930s to Formula One Grand Prix from the 1950s up through 1992, this broad selection includes both framed and unframed vintage collectible posters. Formula One Grand Prix races in Germany, Portugal, France, Italy, Belgium, and more are represented in the collection; however, the celebrated Monaco and United States’ famed Watkins Glen events dominate the assemblage with several desirable posters available from each. Bidding on this collection closes on Tuesday, March 7.

Endurance Races of Le Mans, Sebring & More is a collection of 69 vintage original promotional prints that capture the hair-raising excitement that has surrounded this sport for decades. Within the assemblage are posters representing a variety of popular endurance races, including those running either six hours, 12 hours, or the ever-popular 24 hours, and events that span the globe from Le Mans, France, to an old Army Airfield in Sebring, Florida. Bidding on this collection closes on Tuesday, March 14.

The Classic Road Racing collection of 55 lots honors the heritage of road racing through posters, artwork, lithographs, and more, with the diverse selection representing storied races of the past, like the Mille Miglia, Los Angeles Times Grand Prix, Del Mar Camel Grand Prix and those at Riverside Raceway and Road America, as well as the movies those races inspired. Bidding on this collection closes on Tuesday, March 21.