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<\/a>By the time you read this on Monday morning, Scottsdale will have hosted an extravaganza<\/strong> known as the Barrett-Jackson car auction.\u00a0 In case you aren’t familiar with it, B-J is the largest car auction company in the world and each January they host one of their premier events in Arizona.\u00a0 The auction attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators, or “motorheads”<\/strong> as they are known.\u00a0 You read that right – hundreds of thousands<\/em>.\u00a0 Most people have some passing interest in the cars up for auction (this year there were over 1850 special cars) but most people I know go to people watch.\u00a0 There is perhaps no finer place to see a cross-section of high<\/strong> rollers and wannbe high rollers<\/strong> than Barrett-Jackson.\u00a0 We have not attended the auction for several years, being neither car aficionados or in need of seeing blondes with boob jobs, but the atmosphere is the same, year in and year out.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/brett-258x300.jpg\")
<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Bret and his Bentley<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n This year there were several celebrity cars up for sale.\u00a0 David Spade, the comedian, sold his 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle<\/strong>.\u00a0 Gosh, I remember when one of the popular boys at school got a Chevelle and rumor has it that the back seat is not all that comfortable.\u00a0 That said, unlike the average teenage boy, I don’t think the people bidding on it are contemplating spending much time back there.\u00a0 The auction also featured a 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am from Smokey and the Bandit\u00a0<\/i>that was once the property of Burt Reynolds<\/strong>. Not only can you get a famous car, but they are throwing in an autographed copy of the late actor\u2019s autobiography.\u00a0 What a deal! The front man for the rock band Poison, Bret Michaels, appeared to sell his 2007 Bentley Continental GT<\/strong>.\u00a0 Just as with Reynold’s car, there is a gift with purchase – a custom “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” guitar autographed by Michaels.\u00a0 And rap star Pitbull made an appearance<\/strong> to oversee the auction of his 2022 Karma GS-6 EV 305 Edition.\u00a0 Whatever that is.\u00a0 Obviously, I am not a motorhead.<\/p>\n One of the benefits of the auction is the money donated to charity<\/strong>.\u00a0 Each year Barrett-Jackson gives the profits from several of its car sales to local charities.\u00a0 Since its inception at a dirt lot in Scottsdale 50 years ago, the company has donated more than $133 million<\/strong> to local and national charities.\u00a0 So, even if you aren’t a motorhead, you can appreciate their gesture.\u00a0 If you’re anywhere close to Scottsdale next January, you might want to give the Barrett-Jackson event a try.\u00a0 I promise it will open up a whole world of beautiful cars, beautiful people and, who knows, maybe a gift with purchase!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Suzanne Sparrow Watson By the time you read this on Monday morning, Scottsdale will have hosted an extravaganza known as the Barrett-Jackson car auction.\u00a0 In case you aren’t familiar with it, B-J is the largest car auction company in … read more![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/women-178x300.jpg\")
<\/a>As I mentioned, most people I know go to people watch.\u00a0 There are more than three dozen bars and restaurants<\/strong> at the venue, and they are all packed.\u00a0 It’s a little like Vegas, where there are VIP suites and special bidder’s areas, but you can still run into the rich and famous out on the floor.\u00a0 One of the most fun activities is watching the women who accompany the high rollers to the auction.\u00a0 They wear so much jewelry and shiny clothing<\/strong> that you can see them from Mars.\u00a0 Sometimes the ratio of jewelry to clothing tips well into the jewelry side of the ledger.\u00a0 There is so much bleach and silicone in the building I’m surprised it isn’t declared a hazmat area.\u00a0 Still, it makes for fun watching.<\/p>\n