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AUTOS: Barrett-Jackson’s Steve Davis Wins Major Armed Forces Award
Auction president named ‘Humanitarian of the Year’ for donating custom Fairlane that so far has raised $1.7 million for the Armed Forces Foundation.
Barrett-Jackson president Steve Davis celebrates on the Las Vegas stage as the bids for his donated 1964 Ford Fairlane custom climb, eventually reaching $700,000. (Photo: Bob Golfen)
Steve Davis, president of Barrett-Jackson, was recently honored at the eighth annual Armed Forces Congressional Gala Dinner with the prestigious “Congressman Bill and Mrs. Beverly Young Humanitarian of the Year Award,” awarded for the donation of his personal custom 1964 Ford Fairlane.
Davis donated the vehicle to be auctioned for The Armed Forces Foundation, an organization that helps military members and families in times of need, at the 2011 Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas Collector Car Auction in September. Entrepreneur Ron Pratte successfully bid on the car for $700,000 and then promptly and altruistically donated the car back to the Armed Forces Foundation, to be bid on again at the 2012 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction in January.
In January, Ted McIntyre, CEO of Louisiana-based Marine Turbine Technologies, successfully bid on the Fairlane for $1 million. The reaction at both auctions was beyond enthusiastic and Barrett-Jackson waived all consignment fees at both auctions, as it does for all charity sales.
McIntyre joined Davis at the who’s who of Washington D.C. event on March 27 where he shared the “Congressman Bill and Mrs. Beverly Young Humanitarian of the Year Award.” During the event in front of more than 70 members of Congress and Army and Navy personnel including Generals and other high-ranking military officers, McIntyre announced that that he would be donating the car back to the Armed Forces Foundation and it would be sold once again at a future Barrett-Jackson auction.
This donation is just the latest in Barrett-Jackson’s strong commitment to philanthropy. The company has raised more than $39 million for various charitable organizations since 2006, and more than $45 million since its first auction. At the most recent Scottsdale auction in January, Barrett-Jackson raised nearly $5.9 million for at least 20 charitable causes.
“I am beyond humbled to be a recipient of this prestigious award,” Davis said. “To see the outpouring of support we generated for our troops and their families was spectacular. I am so honored to be able to help those who fight for our country; it is these men and women who make me proud to be an American.”
Davis donated the vehicle to be auctioned for The Armed Forces Foundation, an organization that helps military members and families in times of need, at the 2011 Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas Collector Car Auction in September. Entrepreneur Ron Pratte successfully bid on the car for $700,000 and then promptly and altruistically donated the car back to the Armed Forces Foundation, to be bid on again at the 2012 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction in January.
In January, Ted McIntyre, CEO of Louisiana-based Marine Turbine Technologies, successfully bid on the Fairlane for $1 million. The reaction at both auctions was beyond enthusiastic and Barrett-Jackson waived all consignment fees at both auctions, as it does for all charity sales.
McIntyre joined Davis at the who’s who of Washington D.C. event on March 27 where he shared the “Congressman Bill and Mrs. Beverly Young Humanitarian of the Year Award.” During the event in front of more than 70 members of Congress and Army and Navy personnel including Generals and other high-ranking military officers, McIntyre announced that that he would be donating the car back to the Armed Forces Foundation and it would be sold once again at a future Barrett-Jackson auction.
This donation is just the latest in Barrett-Jackson’s strong commitment to philanthropy. The company has raised more than $39 million for various charitable organizations since 2006, and more than $45 million since its first auction. At the most recent Scottsdale auction in January, Barrett-Jackson raised nearly $5.9 million for at least 20 charitable causes.
“I am beyond humbled to be a recipient of this prestigious award,” Davis said. “To see the outpouring of support we generated for our troops and their families was spectacular. I am so honored to be able to help those who fight for our country; it is these men and women who make me proud to be an American.”
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