I watched most of the auction. Lots of cars had to lift reserves, many missed estimates. A slew of the exotics yesterday didn’t sell. The Ferraris were way under estimates and previous sales. This was a huge auction with more impressive stuff than I’ve seen at one place. Felt very much like people have seen the downturn over past year and were unloading before things get worse.

To me, the fact that folks will pay up for excellent cars says the market for the top examples remains strong.
Second, bear in mind that a lot of auction cars aren't as nice as they look on TV.
Third, there are many reasons to sell, from asset reallocation to moving up-market (or down) to dis-satisfaction.

i wish my crystal ball was working....

Agreed

But when a rebody pulls deep into 6 figures tells me quality Still reigns big.
Regardless of its past.

We would love to just get 1 mopar like they were showing.We really liked the lime green 71 Charger R/T!

You can't price the top end of the market. The top 1-2% of any collectible will always be an outlier to the other 98%

^^^ True - look at the Duster sales.

If these collectors with EXQUISITE collections, have decided to sell off the collection, or a big portion thereof . . . what do they know that we don't ??? Are they getting out while the getting is good ??? Still able to get HIGH $$$$ for the cars . . . . what is coming that they see ?? . . . Also, the buyers of these HIGH $$$ cars - will they ever drive them ?? Or are they destined to be garage/trailer queens ?? . . . I haven't looked at my cars as "investment" (although, staring retirement in the face (soon??), the increased value wouldn't hurt if looking to sell some to aid retirement), have always had more fun driving them !! Especially to far away car shows . . . and even better has been the friendships made over the years . . . just ramblings from my frozen brain . . . .

Mark

Your reply IMO is asking the best questions so far as why to this auction had a notable amount of Mopars the OP has stated.
And stating the obvious, only time will tell.

now I was curious if it is really true.

So I searched for Dodge/Plymouth cars buillt between 1966-1974 in the mecum Kissiemee results 2023 and 2024
This year the total amount of auctioned Mopars from the musclecar area was 160 cars.
In 2023 at the same auction a 173 cars were auctioned off.

So this year had LESS Mopar Muscle cars available than last year.

Carsten

what about prices????

A bigger sample of years would be more informative here, and you are smart to verify the OP's title claims, but "A lot" is rather subjective anyway.
Maybe they just got more on air time?
And now I or someone has to verify your 2023 claims.