RM Sotheby’s to Feature 1930 Duesenberg Model J Convertible Sedan
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1930 Duesenberg Model J Convertible Sedan by Murphy will be offered for sale at RM Sotheby’s upcoming auction titled, “The Guyton Collection” that will be held on May 4-5, 2019, in St. Louis, Missouri. The pre-auction estimate of this rare car is $900,0RM Sotheby’s to Feature 1930 Duesenberg Model J Convertible Sedan
1930 Duesenberg Model J Convertible Sedan by Murphy will be offered for sale at RM Sotheby’s upcoming auction titled, “The Guyton Collection” that will be held on May 4-5, 2019, in St. Louis, Missouri. The pre-auction estimate of this rare car is $900,000 - $1,100,000 and it will be featured in lot 379 at the auction.“According to the records of Duesenberg historian, Ray Wolff, the short-wheelbase Murphy convertible sedan J-329 had been driven when new by Leon Duray, the American Indianapolis driver famous for his exploits in Millers, most probably as a ‘loaner’ supplied to him by the Duesenberg factory. Duray famously wrote from Los Angeles to Harold Ames of the Duesenberg company: ‘Car is perfect if there is such a thing. Completed fifty-two hundred miles on car today . . . . Arrived here at 8 pm Sunday sleeping seven hours each night.” Following its use by Duray, the Model J was sold here in St. Louis, where its earliest known owner was one Walt Martin. It was later owned by Edward Grove, of the Bromine fortune, who traded it into a Cadillac dealer in January 1936. The dealer resold it to Norris Allen, a young attorney and already a devoted car enthusiast, with a natural skill for mechanical engineering that had led him to favor Rolls-Royces and, of course, Duesenberg. He would go on to own multiple examples of both,” states the auction house.This 1930 Duesenberg Model J Convertible Sedan has original chassis, engine, and body. It was used when new by Indianapolis driver, Leon Duray, of Miller Packard Cable Special fame and has an extensive cosmetic freshening by marque specialist Chris Charlton. It is among the best surviving examples of a classic Model J design.The auction house adds, “In November 1958, Mr. Allen sold the Murphy convertible sedan to Marshall Hughes Jr. Hughes, in turn, passed it four years later to Arthur K. ‘Dick’ Watson of Connecticut, son, and heir of the founder of IBM, and future US Ambassador to France. Watson commissioned a mechanical and cosmetic restoration of the car not long thereafter, with the cosmetics handled by the famed early restorer, Gus Reuter. A White truck transmission with overdrive was installed, a popular period conversion by Jim Hoe that made the car much easier to drive at high speeds.” https://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more