Equipment
Wire wheels with hub caps, wide whitewalls, dual enclosed sidemounts with mirrors, dual spotlights, Pilot Rays, dual chrome horns, wood running boards, luggage trunk.
Condition
From the Academy of Arts collection. Light yellowing of the tires. The darker parts of the paint are showing their age but the lavender parts are still gorgeous. There are a few chips and cracks at the tops of the doors, plus some crazing on the rear fenders. The top is a little dirty. The seats are holding up very well for the age and the rest of the interior looks fantastic. A 1970s restoration and former show car. Not really a winner as it sits, but that doesn't stop it being the car more likely than any other at this auction to really stop you in your tracks.
Market commentary
Someone got creative with the chassis number of this Duesenberg, portraying it in the auction listing as "J4022407", an amalgamation of its engine number (J-402) and chassis number (2407) to obscure its actual identity as chassis 2407. It is a genuine J chassis, engine, bellhousing and firewall, originally bodied as a Rollston formal cabriolet, later as a Brunn convertible victoria and only in the 70's as this LaGrande-style Dual Cowl Phaeton. It was sold by Worldwide at Houston with the current coachwork in 2005 for $781,000, which is sufficiently congruent with the result here to show the bidders knew what they were getting.