Equipment
Chrome wire wheels, wide whitewalls, dual enclosed sidemounts with chrome rings and mirrors, Pilot Rays, thermostatic radiator shutters, Twilite headlights, top hinged opening windshield, crank adjustable front seats, exhaust cutouts, dual windshields. Concours restoration with a little age. Great paint, chrome and interior. Built for E.T. Foley with mechanically operated top mechanism, the only one of its kind, on 142 1 2 wheelbase. Re united with its original engine during restoration, AACA National First Prize, CCCA Senior, Pebble Beach 1996. Second (or perhaps third) owner was William Boyd, famed movie and television cowboy star who made Hopalong Cassidy famous. Estate of John OQuinn.
Market commentary
Unique coachwork which is mechanically intriguing (but not especially pretty), and a famous cowboy star history make this a particularly attractive Duesenberg and was reflected in its price when sold by Bonhams at Quail Lodge in 2009 from the Sidney Craig estate for $1,437,000. It attracted little notice here in Amelia and came up short although it exceeded its low estimate a result that should be positive for the buyer but not such good news for the OQuinn trustees.