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CELEBRATING
50
YEARS
Of The World’s Greatest
Collector Car Auctions
On The Cover
CAR NUMBER ONE:
On The Back Cover 1934 Cadillac 370D V12 Fleetwood Coupe
2008 FORD SHELBY GT
BARRETT-JACKSON EDITION And with “The Standard of the World” so began
This limited-edition car symbolized our high-octane The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions.
relationship with Ford Motor Company and Carroll Shelby.
Offered in both coupe and convertible body styles, this special It was this 1934 Cadillac Model 370D V12
vehicle gave a few lucky people the chance to own a piece of the Fleetwood coupe that started it all. Streamlined
Barrett-Jackson experience. and elegant, the Cadillac was a catalyst, a true
Three American automotive icons - Ford Motor driver of the collector car hobby. A car that moved
the Jackson family from Pontiac, Michigan, to
Company, the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company Scottsdale, Arizona, and ensured the passion
and Shelby Automobiles - collaborated to create
collector car history with a limited edition 2008 for fine automobiles traveled with them. Built
Mustang Shelby GT. The companies unveiled in limited numbers, few are known to survive
the 2008 Barrett-Jackson Shelby GT based on today and are highly sought-after by collectors
around the globe. As the years passed and
the Ford Mustang at the Arizona International success mounted, the Cadillac would eventually
Auto Show in 2007.
be sold – only for it to be reunited with the
With 100 total units produced, the limited- Jackson family at the 2016 auction in Scottsdale.
edition Shelby became instantly collectible and Now a centerpiece of Craig Jackson’s collection,
is a hallmark of the Barrett-Jackson brand. In the Cadillac has been painstakingly restored to
keeping with Barrett-Jackson’s tradition of charity, the highest order and remains a treasured piece
a portion of proceeds from retail sales benefited of Barrett-Jackson history. Originally owned
the Carroll Shelby Children’s Foundation. by Barrett-Jackson matriarch Nellie Jackson,
the “First Lady of Collector Cars,” the Cadillac
will always remain at the heart of The World’s
Greatest Collector Car Auctions.
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FOR VIDEOS AND PHOTOS OF AUCTION
MOMENTS THAT CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF
THE COLLECTOR CAR HOBBY 50
YEARS
OF THE
WORLD’S
GREATEST
COLLECTOR
CAR AUCTIONS
NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, 50 YEARS IS A MAJOR MILESTONE –
whether you’re talking about a birthday, a marriage or a corporate anniversary.
It’s a time to reflect, as well as a time to look forward.
When fate and a passion for classic automobiles brought my father Russ
Jackson and Tom Barrett together back in the early 1960s, it led them to
want to share that passion with others in the community. They achieved
Craig Jackson’s that through a charity car show that grew – probably beyond their wildest
imaginations at the time – into what is today Barrett-Jackson, The World’s
VIEW FROM Greatest Collector Car Auctions.
This was the world in which I grew up. I accompanied my parents to the
THE BLOCK Classic Car Club of America Grand Classics, going out on “caravans,” and
sitting on the lawn at Pebble Beach with my family and a picnic basket,
watching all the spectacular cars drive by in front of the lodge. From an
AS PUBLISHED IN THE UPCOMING early age I was restoring cars – first with my father, then on my own, doing
“CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE restoration work for my dad, Don Williams of Blackhawk and Tom Barrett,
and building cars to bring to auction myself. My older brother Brian taught
WORLD’S GREATEST COLLECTOR
me a lot about the inner workings of the automobile and helped refine my
CAR AUCTIONS,” BARRETT-JACKSON
restoration skills. Both my mother Nellie and my father taught me about the
CHAIRMAN AND CEO CRAIG JACKSON
importance of honesty and ethics; something that remains of paramount
REFLECTS ON THE COMPANY’S
importance to me to this day.
INCREDIBLE JOURNEY FROM A
HUMBLE CAR SHOW TO A WORLD- My upbringing provided me with a broad vision and understanding of car
CLASS AUTOMOTIVE LIFESTYLE EVENT collecting and what car people like; their needs and passions. It was a toolbox
AND HIS COMMITMENT TO HONOR HIS of knowledge I needed to open up and use far sooner than I expected after
FAMILY’S LEGACY. the passing of both my father in 1993 and my brother in 1995; the first big
challenge of what were to be many more to come.
There were a lot of naysayers back when I took the reins of the company; people
who said, “He’s never going to make it.” But I’m the kind of guy who, if you tell
me I can’t do something, will work 24 hours a day to prove that I can. I spent

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