SAN FRANCISCO - Intel Corp. chairman Craig Barrett, who steered the company through the dot-com meltdown as CEO and has become a high-profile advocate for expanding computing in the developing world, plans to retire in May, the company said Friday.

Scottsdale has a weighty decision to make in three working days if it hopes to hold on to Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction, the city’s most lucrative tourist attraction.

Scottsdale has a weighty decision to make in three working days if it hopes to hold on to Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction, the city’s most lucrative tourist attraction.

Classic-automobile owners spent several anxious hours warding off rain and mud Thursday in an attempt to get the highest price for their life’s passion.

Negotiations between Barrett-Jackson and Scottsdale officials are going nowhere, and a deal may not exist that satisfies both sides, City Councilman Bob Littlefield said Friday.

January 28, 2005

This could be the next-to-last year that Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction, Scottsdale’s most lucrative touristattracting event, revs up at WestWorld — or any East Valley locale.

 As Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas looms, it’s all good news for Scottsdale, undisputed home base of the collector car sales industry. At least for now. The economy may be sputtering, but vintage vehicle sales are still humming, industry experts said.

After months of threatening to scale back its lucrative Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale in favor of Las Vegas, Barrett-Jackson officials this month are slated to announce the creation of a Sin City event.

From Carroll Shelby’s personal ’66 Cobra to Johnny Cash’s personal guitar, the 36th annual Barrett-Jackson World’s Greatest Collector Car Event will roll into WestWorld on Monday, rocking the normally quiet north Scottsdale horse park with roars and riffs.

Mark Hyman came from St. Louis to Scottsdale to buy a bunch of cars. So far, he’s picked up a 1960 Skoda Felicia, "for under $20,000 — a really good deal," at the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction, the collector car extravaganza that has packed WestWorld, 16601 N. Pima Road, with 900 pricey autos and tens of thousands of car lovers.

LAS VEGAS - Las Vegas welcomed Barrett-Jackson’s announcement Monday of a major new vintage car auction there with open arms, in contrast to the cold shoulder the auction house has received from Scottsdale in recent months.

Four-story-tall, fire-breathing car mangler Robosaurus, a one-of-a-kind metal-bodied Corvette and Carroll Shelby’s personal 1969 Shelby Mustang will be on the block at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale auction in January.

Scottsdale’s yearslong tussle with the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction has provided some degree of entertainment for local residents as much as it has created headaches for the principals.

Come to "the place to see and be seen", Barrett-Jackson's Classic Car Auction at Westworld in Scottsdale through January 21st and don't forget to visit the "Big 3" automakers sponsoring the event: Ford of North Scottsdale, Van Chevrolet, and Ed Moses Dodge.

Scottsdale-based collector car czar Craig Jackson is still smiling despite a weak economy that has devastated just about every U.S. industry from housing to hotels.

Millions of dollars have been spent and many months have passed, yet no long-term deal has emerged to keep the lucrative Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale.

Ken and Sylvia Robinson of Goodyear came to check out the cars at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction, but they went home with a $250 table-top jukebox. There are 1,100 vehicles for sale this week at the auto extravaganza sprawled throughout WestWorld, 16601 N. Pima Road, in Scottsdale.

The Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction, Scottsdale’s most lucrative tourist draw, roars into WestWorld on Wednesday.

The Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction, Scottsdale’s most lucrative tourist draw, roars into WestWorld on Wednesday.

More people showed up at Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction this year than last, but they kept their purse strings cinched tighter.

Celebrities frequently show up at Barrett-Jackson to pitch their cars. Wolf Blitzer’s appearance may have helped boost the price of the CNN Hummer to seven figures Saturday. But this year, the self-proclaimed world’s greatest collector car auction is not just about vehicles.