LARRY EDSALL
Tom Barrett had a 1933 Cadillac V-16 Town Car he wanted to sell; Russ Jackson came to see it. How this simple meeting between two car buffs in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 1960 started what would someday be the most prestigious collector car auction in the world is the story told in Barrett-Jackson: The Standard for Classic and Collector Cars. Highlighting some of the most important collector cars ever offered, and featuring photographs from Barrett-Jacksons extensive collection, this book follows the unfolding of a lifelong friendship and partnership-and the building of a brilliant tradition. From the 1967 fund-raiser ""Fiesta del los Auto Elegance"" to the first classic car auction in 1971, from the trend- (and record-) setting events that made their name to the high-tech, family-run enterprise Barrett-Jackson has become, the book chronicles a legend built on a mutual passion-an American success story founded on that most American of icons, the classic car.
