SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company's high-profile January auction in this desert city got some unwanted attention from the angry owner of a vehicle sold at auction last year. A year later, the owner of a 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda has agreed to drop all allegations of wrongdoing against the auction firm in response to a defamation suit Barrett-Jackson filed against him.
David L. Claubuesch, of Sand Point, Michigan, had objected to the price Barrett-Jackson got for his Hemi Cuda — $300,000 — at the no-reserve event on January 20, 2007. The auction company says he then "locked and chained the tires...and attempted to prevent delivery to the new owner." Claubuesch also put up signs "expressing his opinions about Barrett-Jackson and the company's auction practices." Barrett-Jackson says "defamatory rumors and untrue statements" about the incident were posted on the Internet on Web sites, blogs and chat rooms.
Barrett-Jackson's lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona last March. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Claubuesch acknowledged that he "no longer believe[s] that Barrett-Jackson...breached any duties to me as a consignor." Just in time for this year's event, which starts January 14.
What this means to you: Denigrate a reputation-based institution like Barrett-Jackson at your own peril — and if you have a complaint, keep it civilized. — Laura Sky Brown, Correspondent
David L. Claubuesch, of Sand Point, Michigan, had objected to the price Barrett-Jackson got for his Hemi Cuda — $300,000 — at the no-reserve event on January 20, 2007. The auction company says he then "locked and chained the tires...and attempted to prevent delivery to the new owner." Claubuesch also put up signs "expressing his opinions about Barrett-Jackson and the company's auction practices." Barrett-Jackson says "defamatory rumors and untrue statements" about the incident were posted on the Internet on Web sites, blogs and chat rooms.
Barrett-Jackson's lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona last March. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Claubuesch acknowledged that he "no longer believe[s] that Barrett-Jackson...breached any duties to me as a consignor." Just in time for this year's event, which starts January 14.
What this means to you: Denigrate a reputation-based institution like Barrett-Jackson at your own peril — and if you have a complaint, keep it civilized. — Laura Sky Brown, Correspondent
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