Ron Pratt / Barett Jackson

i watched the preview of the ron pratt collection on velocity and he apparently had a very large residential/commercial construction company that he built himself which he sold some years back. from the amount of equipment and number of employees that company had, he probably got several hundred million dollars in the sale.

the other thing i noticed in the velocity preview was that the pratt collection was almost 100% "perfect" stuff and that he spent years putting the collection together. there was no mention as to why he was liquidating the entire collection but i don't think it was for need of money. anyone who spent the time and money and effort as he did to acquire the level of excellence that he did in his collection has to have a significant reason to sell everything that he collected. pratt wouldn't elaborate as to why he was selling on the velocity preview other than to say he was going to spend more time on his "aviation interests" - whatever that means.

pratt appears to be a licensed fixed wing and helicopter pilot and you REALLY need a lot of money to play with airplanes and helicopters. all in all, he's a good person who gives a lot to charity.