Do you ever doubt your value? In 1985, I sold a restored, one-of-a-kind Duesenberg to Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino’s Pizza and owner of the world champion Detroit Tigers. He took delivery of his prized possession at home plate in Tiger Stadium. It was the first car to sell for a documented $1 million cash, […]

Where do you turn to satisfy your desires? As a teenager I traveled to the nation’s premier collector car auction in the middle of the oil patch during its boom of the early 1980’s. The clientele reflected that newfound wealth. I attended a party to celebrate the annual auction where gold Rolexes glittered in abundance […]

As I called my first auction, my voice cut through the public address system, echoing into the air. On the block was an old curio cabinet. “One hundred dollars. Now one-fifty.” Hundreds of bidders watched as Grandpa Russell shouted to stop me from dropping the hammer at too low of a price, “Wait, Mitchell! Is […]

Are you a leader of leaders or a leader of followers? Solomon revealed the secret to leading leaders: “One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend” (Proverbs 22:11). A pure heart has no mixed motives. It’s a picture of the impurities being removed in the […]