Equipment
Gray & Davis kerosene sidelights, Castle kerosene taillight, cowl-mounted Rushmore acetylene spotlight, Stewart speedometer, single spare with strapped-on rearview mirror on right running board, cloth top, leather upholstery.
Condition
A Dr. Samuel Scher restoration from the 1960s, AACA National First Prize winner around that time, sold to Richard C. Paine, Jr. and displayed many years at Seal Cove. Later owned by John O'Quinn. Carefully preserved and still attractively presented but showing age, even without any use at all in years. A handsome and attractive early American, possibly the oldest of its marque, but after decades on static display it will need no small amount of work to get back on the road where it belongs.
Market commentary
Sold by Bonhams in the Paine collection de-accession in 2008 for $612,000, then by RM at Hershey from the O'Quinn estate in 2012 for just $110,000. The Amelia Island Concours featured the American marque on Sunday with a massive gathering, exposure that should have helped this example find a new home. It didn't, so it journeyed a day's drive south after its no-sale here and was successfully sold by Auctions America in Ft. Lauderdale the next weekend for $126,500, a massive value in a big, historic American.