Dempsey must be a star!

[Willie Pep 229]

- -Interesting tidbit this. I doubt even a RR Silver Ghost costs half that.

My first thought was the massive 15 liter Bugatti straight 8 that could be had in any coach works itineration including a 2 Seater Sports Coupe for well connected young sports.

I'll get back after further inquiry.

Here is the blurb confirming the price (second to last line of article) but offers no other information.

He also bought wife Estelle Taylor a Rolls (I think $15,000) sometime around 1924, but I can't find the article again.

Later, just before Tunney I, Kearns was able to get the car impounded for a while, (law suit) they grabbed the car while Dempsey was training and the wife couldn't hold off the local Pennsylvania sheriff; the car was in her name, not Dempsey's. She got it back.

Dempsey to arrive in New York Today

Seize Dempsey Car in Suit by Kearns

[QueensburyRules]

- -Hispano Suiza by Mark Birkigt had Rolls reliability, craftsmanship with double the power and styling, triple when bedecked in African Tulipwood boat tail bodies attached by gleaming copper rivets with a rumble seat in the back for friends and parents.