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1930 Duesenberg Model J

Disappearing Top Convertible Coupe by Murphy
$107.3M, record prices at Gooding & Company Pebble Beach 2021
Friday, 13 August - Saturday, 14 August 2021
$3,965,000
Sale Price
$3,000,000 - $4,000,000
Est. Range
Yes
Reserve
14 August 2021
Sold Date
122
Lot Number
#1
Concours restoration
Gooding & Company
Auction House
Chassis no. 2369; Engine no. J235. Maroon over beige leather. 420/265hp eight, 3-speed, wheel covers, Firestone blackwalls, dual chrome horns, cowl lights, suicide doors, two rear-mounted spares with cloth covers, wood running boards, altimeter, Jaeger clock.

Evaluation: Represented as one of three dual spare convertible coupes by Murphy and one of two extant. Known ownership history. ACD certified. Bought new by New England socialite Esther Fiske Hammond. Won its class at Pebble Beach in 2019 with a 100-point score. It shows little to no use since then, and who are we to argue with the Pebble judges? It’s gorgeous top to bottom, and the engine bay looks like jewelry.

Bottom Line: A rare body style and immaculate condition proven at the country’s premier concours made this Model J one of the highlight’s of Gooding’s 2021 Pebble Beach auction and it was the third most expensive prewar car of the week behind an ultra-rare Mercedes-Benz 26/120/180 S Type at Bonhams and a Bugatti Type 35B Grand Prix car that was also at Gooding.

by Andrew Newton
30 August 2021

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