To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' The Hershey Auction event, 7 - 8 October 2026.

$900,000 - $1,200,000 USD Offered from two decades in current ownershipRare body style, with streamlined styling and raked windshieldFormerly owned by Charles M.

Knipe, Lorin Tryon, and Jack FindenNot shown for many years and largely forgotten to the Duesenberg communityA CCCA Full Classic Please note that this lot is titled using a combination of the chassis number and engine number.

The Walter M.

Murphy Company of Pasadena, California, was one of the great names in Classic Era coachbuilding and the most prolific shop on the grand Model J Duesenberg, producing more bodies on J chassis than any other firm.

Among their offerings were a roster of four-door convertible sedans and berlines—originally a rather conservative design, later replaced by a new model of “close coupled” proportions, with a subtle outward curve to its flanks, a prominent beltline molding extending back from a rakishly angled...