Posted by Kurt Ernst -
1935 Duesenberg SJ Town Cabriolet by Bohman & Schwartz. Photos by
Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Auctions.
In the 1930s, Mae West was among the highest paid and most influential
women in America. A star of her stature deserved a car that was equally
outlandish, and J. Herbert Newport reportedly designed just such a
Duesenberg for the Hollywood starlet. The match was not to be; for
reasons of cost (or perhaps, more immediate gratification), West opted
to purchase another Duesenberg model, leaving the Bohman and S... Read On>>
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