This 1932 Duesenberg Model J is a one-of-a-kind design by Rollston. It was originally intended to be a convertible, but the customer later chose a closed Victoria Coupe instead. The result was the only Duesenberg ever built with this distinctive quarter-window Stationary Victoria body style.

The car’s first owner was Richard Norris of Chicago. It later passed to Lewis McComb Herzog, a New York stockbroker, and then to Richard Weil, a member of the Straus family behind Macy’s and Bamberger’s. In 1945, it was sold through well-known Duesenberg dealer Louis Hodich to Gerald W. Sutcliffe of New York. After brief ownership by Ed Wordling, the car was purchased by Edward R. Kersh, who spent his entire World War II army pay to buy what he proudly called “my Dusie.”

Cosmetically restored more than 50 years ago, the car has had 13 owners in total, though one kept it for 52 years. It first appeared at Pebble Beach in 1978 and later sold at Amelia Island in 2020 for $1.325 million.