Man of auction
18.06.10
He doesn't enunciate to own any crystal balls, but Craig Jackson could easily be classified as somewhat of a fortune teller.
How else do you legitimatize the ability to sift through 5,000 vehicles a year only to select the ones that will fetch the trounce price at auction?
Or how do you explain Jackson's ability to see the potential in a business that was virtually spinning its wheels in the mid-1990s, but, with the assistants of his tenacity, is roaring once again?
Jackson saw more than a future in the car auction business; he saw an empire.
Like the trainer who can find the cryptic possibilities in a journeyman boxer's left hook, Jackson can find the shine in old cars. That clairvoyance has made Jackson's relations empire, the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction and Exposition, a powerhouse, although that wasn't always the crate.
The business was in a slump 15 years ago as market sales plunged. However, Jackson's faculty to see the potential has made his auction(s) into the often-described "Super Bowl of car auctions."
Source: Vancouver Sun