I was, and for that picture too, who always struck me. That british look about him, all of a sudden...
From what I read, whether he ordered the car, then cancelled his order, but still posed for publicity shots with it, or he wanted to buy it but eventually could not... Why?
You spoke of a Duesenberg too. That's what I meant when I said "This man once had the exact same car as another "Art and Cars" artist, already solved." He is supposed to have had the exact same car as Gary Cooper, who was the subject of Art and Cars #7.