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Craig Jackson’s
VIEW FROM

THE BLOCK

WITH CRAIG JACKSON AT THE HELM, THE COMPANY IS CELEBRATING TAKING THE FAST LANE TO HOUSTON
50 SUCCESSFUL YEARS IN THE COLLECTOR CAR HOBBY. CRAIG IS
ALSO AN AVID CAR COLLECTOR, AWARD-WINNING RESTORER AND Well, if there’s one thing our 2021 Las Vegas Auction in June
RACING ENTHUSIAST. illustrated, the collector car industry is alive and well! It was
exciting to be the very first event open to the public in the new
West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. It’s clear there
was a not only a demand for fine collector cars, but also for a
return to a sense of normalcy that we’d all been craving. We
were very happy with the results. As you’ll read in the recap
of the event on pages 20-25, we had some awesome charity
moments, the sales were exceptional and some impressive
records were set along the way, just like we witnessed at our
March auction in Scottsdale.

That event was the perfect prelude to our brand-new Houston
Auction, September 16-18. I’m very much looking forward to our
first-ever event in Texas. The car culture in this part of the nation is
fantastic (read more about that on page 16); many of the largest car
collectors in the country hail from the Lone Star State. And because
we needed a venue as big as Texas, we chose NRG Center, which
is a great location that will allow us to present the full, unrivalled
Barrett-Jackson experience to fans in this part of the country. The
invitation-only Opening Night Party will be in full swing the
evening of September 15, and the Barrett-Jackson Performance
Track we’re building there – where attendees can go on hot laps or
breathtaking thrill rides in the latest vehicles from Ford, Chevrolet,
Dodge and Toyota – will be our largest ever.
Being in the Houston area will bring back lots of childhood
memories for me. NRG Center is located near the River Oaks
neighborhood of the city, within the 610 Loop between Downtown
and Uptown. My dad’s sister lived there and belonged to the River

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