What makes a Mecum sale memorable long after the auctioneer’s voice fades? Sometimes it is a blue-chip headline car. Sometimes it is something more personal, the sight of a shape you grew up admiring, a cabin that smells like another decade, or a machine with enough character to make you stop walking and simply look for a while.
Mecum Tulsa has always been good at that kind of magic. The 2026 event runs June 5 through June 6 at the SageNet Center at Expo Square, and Saturday’s docket brings together a wonderfully varied group of classics that feel rich in story, style, and presence.
That variety is what gives Tulsa its charm. One car carries postwar custom culture in its curves. Another brings early 1960s power with real swagger. There is room here for prewar elegance, truck-based family utility, and one of the great luxury four-wheel drives of the late 1980s. Together, they create the kind of lineup that keeps collectors circling back for another look…