Car 2574
1934 Model J Duesenberg 2574, Rollston Special Berline Sedan
Engine No.:    J-546
First Coachbuilder:    Rollston
First Body Style:    Special Berline Sedan
Wheelbase:    Long
Current Coachbuilder:   
Current Body Style:   
Original Owner:    Mr. Shirley C. Burden
Owner in 1968:    Dr. Sam Scher, 1100 Park Ave, New York, NY
Current Owner:   
References:    Malks, p. 59; Roe, p. 159; Elbert, pic. 55

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Lot # 279 1932 Duesenberg Model J Torpedo Berline, Body by Rollston; S/N 2574 (see notes); Engine # J-546; Silver-Grey/Grey broadcloth; Estimate $750,000 - $950,000; Concours restoration, 1- condition; Hammered Sold at $660,000 plus commission of 10.00%; Final Price $726,000 -- Chrome wire wheels, dual sidemounts with mirrors, Pilot-Rays, Gray leather padded roof, rollup divider, smoker's kit, outside head pipes, mesh hood sides. Reputedly chassis 2574 but no numbers are discernible on the frame or the firewall. Concours older restoration now showing some age, particularly the interior trim around doors. Driver's door rattles. Shadowed windshield frame chrome, yellowing whitewalls, some paint lifts in creases and joints. First owned by Shirley Burden, with known history since. Restored for the Imperial Palace in the 90's. Sold at the Hershey Auction in 2007 for $945,000 and variously described as a Berline and Formal Sedan before being gussied up with the present ‘Torpedo Berline’ terminology. The only one of its body style. The restoration, however, is coming apart and with no sign of any numbers except on the engine mount its componentry is suspect. That makes this price a reasonable reconciliation among rarity, condition and history, even if it falls short of the consignor's hopes.  (July 2010)


Picture from "Duesenberg The Pursuit of Perfection", p. 159.