Auction company messes up, classic cars ruined

This a separate event?

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Jan. 22, 2010 - The 39th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction is underway in Scottsdale through Jan. 24, 2010 at WestWorld. As a record-breaking storm rumbled through Arizona on Thursday, Barrett-Jackson company officials, employees and volunteers joined forces to ensure the safety of all auction participants, spectators, and the more than 1,200 collector cars in town for the event.

“Our thoughts and concern are with all the collector car enthusiasts in the Scottsdale area who experienced the terrible storm yesterday,” said Craig Jackson, Chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson. “We are relieved to hear that no serious injuries were suffered by anyone attending any of the local auctions.”

A state of emergency was declared by Arizona’s Governor Jan Brewer as the huge winter storm rolled across Arizona from early Thursday afternoon late into the night. Tornado watches and warnings were issued in various locations in the greater Phoenix area, and the Arizona Department of Public Safety confirmed that a tornado touched down in North Scottsdale near the Loop-101.

“As the storm approached Thursday morning, we met with city and county officials, as well as representatives from the local police and fire departments to coordinate our plans to prepare for the high winds and rain on the way,” continued Jackson. “Our crews mobilized immediately to inspect all aspects of our auction site, check the tents and poles, and strategically place additional equipment that might be needed during the storm.”

The facilities at Barrett-Jackson weathered the storm well, and no serious damage was sustained to any tent, structure, or auction vehicle located on the event site. Dozens of operations crew members joined together with customers and auction spectators who pitched in to help prepare for the wind and rain.

“It was one of the most incredible displays of teamwork I’ve ever witnessed,” said Steve Davis, president of Barrett-Jackson. “As soon as we knew all of our employees and auction participants were safe, we immediately turned our attention to protecting all these amazing collector cars. I am thrilled to report that none of the cars sustained any serious damage during the storm, and we are busy this morning getting them cleaned and detailed and ready to continue rolling across the block through the weekend.”

Barrett-Jackson sold 243 cars on Thursday, and the auction continued without interruption even during the most intense moments of the storm. Inside the main auction arena, a 9-story structure designed to withstand sustained winds in excess of 90 mph, auction participants were mostly unaware of the storm raging outside.

“As a showing of our concern and support, we will be sending meals over to the other local auction site where the crews are working on cleanup this morning,” continued Davis. “We will also be working hard to demonstrate our gratitude to the fantastic staff and customers here at Barrett-Jackson who always rise to meet the challenges of any occasion and make us so proud to be a part of this incredible collector car hobby.”
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From GTcars.com;
Scottsdale Arizona is home of the most prominent automotive auctions of the world. Based in a dry climate, Arizona offers car collectors a little piece of heaven on earth, where their most precious possessions will not come under rain, snow or salt. Unfortunately kind weather was not the case this past week as the Russo and Steele Collector Automobile Auctions were taking place in sunny Scottsdale.

Due to high winds the main concourse of the event has blown over and has fallen on top of the vehicles. Knowing from previous experience, auctions such as RM Auctions, Barrett-Jackson and Kruse, tend to have solid roof buildings in which they house their main concourse vehicles, which are the ones that are expected to bring in the most amount of traffic as well as bids. This has not been the case with the Russo and Steele auction. The main concourse was blown to bits as the main tent fell on millions of dollars of high end irreplaceable automobiles. Some 4 Plymouth Superbirds, LS5 and LS6 Chevelles and a number of exotic Ferraris and Lamborghinis have fallen prey to the high winds.

Amongst the offerings Russo and Steele have brought in a number of 427 Corvettes, Hemi Cudas, Shelby Cobras, a Super Duty Trans Am and many other noteworthy older fine examples along with a number of Pro Touring rides.

In general terms, the auction must be responsible for venue insurance, however the vehicles are not included in the coverage. I sincerely hope every one of the consignees had sufficient insurance and a recent appraisal of the vehicles, as it is not easy to collect insurance on an older vehicle with no insurance. I suspect there are many people whom did not have insurance on their vehicles consigned in the auction, whom are going to be out of pocket for the repairs, but more importantly for the loss of value of their vehicle.

Hagerty insurance was one of the first insurance companies to respond to this crisis by allocating a number of adjustors and appraisers to the scene in order to survey the damage. While many are hoping, that this is a once in a lifetime occurrence that never repeats itself.
(my note-click on the original link to see photos of the wrinkled cars)
 
some of those cars are seriously fvcked up.

I know the 350Z isn't worth crap, but look at how that roof caved in. It probably has the most rigid roof structure of the cars there and has a cage. A big pole came down on that car.

Nick
 
same event, same post
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The facilities at Barrett-Jackson weathered the storm well, and no serious damage was sustained to any tent, structure, or auction vehicle located on the event site.
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:confused: So were the damaged cars not up for auction, or is BJ lying? Or am I missing something altogether?
 
Same storm, different auction company.
Russo-Steele is the auction company that used tents to cover the cars.
Their tents blew down on top of the cars.
 
aftermath

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tent collapse video

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Thats really shitty, the video of that tent going down showed the tent didn't look very secure. You would think the people running the auction would take extra pre-caution with a weather forcast of a "extreme winter storm" coming in. Sandbags or if they ran cross braces to each of the legs laying across the ground would of avoided this. I couldn't even imagine how the owners of the cars felt.
 
BigWheelinBubba said:
yup :(
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he has a kid and there goes his toy :lol: oh well, it would get detailed every spring and take 2 days because of how that car was, guess i won't have to deal with that headache anymore :lmao: JK .. he has another old hot rod car though / I think? not sure though,
 
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