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Auctions America Auction at Auburn Fall Festival

Duesenberg Sells for $1.15 Million …

Saturday evening we were there as a 1935 Duesenberg Model SJ sold for $1.15 million in prime time during the Auctions America Auction at Auburn Fall Festival. This was the top sale for Auctions America, a growing auction house and part of the RM Auctions franchise. Big money came to bid on this particular Duesenberg. This was the first time Auctions America has sold a Duesenberg for over a million dollars at this event.

Photo journalist Bob Boberg, of eClassicAutos.com, caught these exciting photos during the sale.

Auctions America puts on a great show each year during the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club’s Festival weekend here in Auburn, Indiana. The Auctions America Auburn Auction Park is a huge complex located just outside of the city of Auburn. In addition to the auction being held there this weekend, you’ll also find a giant swap meet, car corral and a number of automotive accessory vendors set up there.

Photographer Boberg also caught this sale in video.

But the Duesenberg was not the only exciting car to sell here last night. A very desirable 2006 Ford GT Heritage Edition (looks just like the paint and trim on the Ford GT-40s that won the Grand Prix championship) sold for #340,000. And a 2005 Ford GT sold for #300,000.

1958 Desoto Firedome Convertible sells for $175,000.

1970 Pontiac GTO Judge Ram Air IV sold for $105,000

1968 Shelby GT500 KR sells for $126,000.

Cars On Line.com is covering the 2014 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival here in Auburn, Indiana this weekend. Click here to see tons of photos of vintage motorcars.

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Parade

ACD Festival Parade of Classics …

The best part of the ACD Festival is the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Parade on Saturday morning. Every year they hold the festive ACD Concours at Eckhart Park here in Auburn, Indiana. After the judging, the vintage Auburns, Cords and Duesenbergs all profile out of the park and parade through Auburn down Jackson Street in front of the courthouse square. People will come from miles around for the opportunity to see these cars once again dominate the streets of Auburn. This is another item you’ve got to put on your bucket list.

All the cars from the ACD Concours paraded down Jackson Street, turned at 2^nd Street and turned again down Main Street past a stage where an announcer provided information on the type of car and owners. We were able to shoot the cars at a couple of different locations including on Main Street in front of the court house. We got some great video during the parade.

It makes your heart swell to see these vintage motorcars all together in one place. It is amazing how many Auburns you see in this parade. Because the Auburn Motor Company was headquartered here for so many years, from the turn of the century until the late 1930’s, there are a good number of them preserved by ACD club owners here. There is a good variety of car preserved, from the early Auburns to the 852 models that made were produced in much higher numbers. Far fewer of the Duesenbergs have survived.

Duesenbergs are so rare that even here in Indiana it startles you to see a line of them all in parade. Photo journalist Bob Boberg, of eClassicAutos.com, captures this shot at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Parade on Saturday.

Cars On Line.com is covering the 2014 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival here in Auburn, Indiana this weekend. Click here to see tons of photos of vintage motorcars as we reveal the excitement of this incredible show.

2014 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival

1935 Duesenberg sold at Auctions America Auction at Auburn Festival — Last night we saw this 1935 Duesenberg Dual Cowl Phaeton sell for $1.150,000 at the Auctions America Auction during the 2014 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival. (Photo by Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com.) Click photo to see more from the auction.

Excitement at the 2014 Auburn Fall Festival …

AUBURN, IN–August 31, 2014 – On Saturday evening in prime time a 1935 Duesenberg Model SJ Dual Cowl Phaeton sold for $1,150,000 marking the top sale here at the Auctions America Auction during the 2014 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival. Auctions America puts on a great show here in Auburn, Indiana each year for the ACD Festival. But this was the most money ever paid for a Duesenberg here. The ACD Festival is a homecoming for Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg owners since Auburn, Indiana was the headquarters for the three auto manufacturers when they combined into one company in 1929. Click here to see more auction photos and a video of the million dollar sale.

Cars On Line.com has been covering the 2014 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival for its readers this weekend. Yesterday was a whirlwind of activity that started off with a concours d’elegance at Eckhart Park, followed by a great parade with hundreds of the Auburns, Cords and Duesenbergs. We also covered the two big auctions held here: the Worldwide Auction at the ACD Museum’s NATMUS building, and the Auctions America Auction at Auburn Auction Park.

One of the endearing qualities of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Concours is seeing owners in period apparel. They really get into it. This was at the Concours in Eckhart Park in Auburn today. (Photo by Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com.) Click photo to see more from the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival Concours.

On Friday we visited the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Swap Meet adjacent to the Museum. If anyone is looking for authentic Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg or other hard-to-find parts you may need to check out this swap meet. Here is a link to view some of the parts we found at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Swap Meet.

Each year it is a wonderful experience to spend time in Indiana, the birthplace of so many American car companies. When here you must visit the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum. I’ve been to a good number of auto museums over the years. This is the best I’ve ever seen.

The ACD Museum is in the very building that E.L. Cord built to house his Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg car company. It still has the original art deco style showroom, while the upper floors are where the spirits of Gordon Buerhig and Alan Leamy still walk through their design studios. All of this history unfolds for you as you walk through the same hallways that Cord and his staff did back in the day.

Just in back of the museam is the home of NATMUS, National Automotive Truck Museum, the organization that is dedicated to the preservation of trucks, tractors, toy replicas and peddle cars. Their successful restoration of the GM Futuliner is legendary. On Saturday, much of the floor space in the NATMUS building will be taken up with displays of cars that are being offered at the Worldwide Auctioneers auction sale to be held on Saturday evening.

Meanwhile, just down the freeway at the Auburn Auction Park, RM’s Auctions America was holding their three-day auction sale of collector cars. The Auctions America sale is highlighted below. On the grounds at the Auction Park there is a car corral and even a swap meet area. If you are a car guy, there is something for everybody here in Auburn, Indiana on Labor Day Weekend.

Follow the links below to review some of the action from last year’s show as we gear up to bring you more photos and videos of the 2014 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival. Stay tuned to this page all weekend as we will be updating stories and both auctions here in Auburn, Indiana.

	The Concours in Eckhart Park is something every true vintage motorcar lover must see. We caught photos of some of the great American marques here today. Click here to view what we saw.
	For Cars On Line.com the highlight of the Festival is the parade on Jackson Street in downtown Auburn, Indana. Click here to view photos of the parade.
	City Square in downtown Auburn, Indiana is full of classic cars on Friday. Click here to see some of the fun through the lens of our photographer.
	1935 Duesenberg Model SJ Dual Cowl Phaeton sells for $1.15 million at the Auctions America Auction. Click here to see our coverage of the Auctions America Collector Car Auction during the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival.
	A 1931 Cord L-29 Convertible Sedan was one of the featured cars of the Worldwide Auctioneers sale. It is a tradition here at the Auburn Fall Festival. Click here to see more of this special display of Vintage Motorcars for sale.
	Arguably the best automotive museum in the world, the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum is actually housed in the former world headquarters of E.L. Cord’s automobile empire which included Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg motorcars. Click here for the short tour.