Equipment
Chrome wire wheels, wide whitewalls, dual enclosed sidemounts with mirrors, dual taillights, luggage trunk. An older concours quality restoration for the Imperial Palace Collection now losing its edge but still exceptional.
Market commentary
Sold by RM at Amelia in 2006 for $693,000, then by Gooding here in Scottsdale in 2009 for $836,000, this is the pinnacle of series produced (if the five in this style deserves the term series produced) closed Duesenbergs, a commodious, luxurious, elegant automobile of refinement and distinction. It has retained its value over the years even as the restoration has begun to age with little use (just 22 miles in five years.) A handsome automobile with exceptional performance, it deserves to be used.