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Tom Barrett, former Scottsdale Mayor Herb Drinkwater and Russ Jackson

Scottsdale Mayor David D. Ortega and Craig Jackson
The city of Scottsdale, Arizona, has been Barrett-
Jackson’s home right from the early days in the
1960s when Tom Barrett and Russ Jackson staged began a tradition that every Scottsdale mayor since
a car show known as the Fiesta de los Autos has honored. Later known as “Barrett-Jackson
Elegantes to raise funds for the local library Collector Car Auction Week,” the proclamation
and community arts center. When the car show recognizes the auction as an important tradition
concept evolved into the Barrett-Jackson Auction for the residents of Scottsdale, a premier event of
Company, “The West’s Most Western Town” played its kind and applauds Barrett-Jackson for “creating
host to the collector car auctions through 1977 a positive economic impact upon Scottsdale, the
when the event moved to Phoenix Municipal Valley of the Sun and the State of Arizona.”
Stadium for a time.
As we fast-forward to 2022, with Barrett-Jackson
It was Scottsdale Mayor Herb Drinkwater who commemorating 50 years of The World’s Greatest
lured Barrett-Jackson back to its original home Collector Car Auctions, Scottsdale Mayor David
after seeing immense potential in the northern D. Ortega (who assumed office in early 2021) has
portion of the city, where the 356-acre Horseman’s graciously amplified the annual proclamation. As
Park had been opened in 1982. Drinkwater took the auction company looks to celebrate its golden
the Barrett and Jackson families to the area to anniversary, Mayor Ortega’s first Barrett-Jackson
explain his vision of making this beautiful part of proclamation has declared the entire month of
the city at the foot of the McDowell Mountains the January 2022 as Barrett-Jackson Collector Car
epicenter of world-class Scottsdale-based events. Auction Month.
Drinkwater’s persuasiveness worked. The first “We have received tremendous support over the
Barrett-Jackson Auction held in its new location many years from the City of Scottsdale, beginning
at WestWorld of Scottsdale in 1989 drew a record in the late 1960s when my father Russ and his
50,000 people and realized a sales volume of business partner Tom Barrett first held the Fiesta
nearly $30 million. The company has never looked de los Autos Elegantes,” said Craig Jackson,
back, holding its flagship Scottsdale Auction there chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson. “We have
every year, attracting bidders from all 50 states continued to enjoy an incredible relationship
and dozens of countries around the world – and with the City’s leadership over the years and we
bringing welcome revenue to the city from the are proud to call Scottsdale our home. It is an
thousands of fans who flock here each year. honor to receive Mayor Ortega’s month-long

Drinkwater was so grateful to Barrett-Jackson’s proclamation, a first in our history, and we are
contribution to the community that he issued a thrilled to once again bring the national and
proclamation in 1989 recognizing that special international spotlight on Scottsdale for another
week in January was to be known as “Barrett- exciting event as we celebrate 50 years of ‘The
Jackson Classic Car Auction Week” – and thus World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions.’”

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