[1] After the success of this auction, the Kruses were asked by Tom Barrett to have a sale in Scottsdale, Arizona, the next January.
The Kruses were the first to sell a car for a documented $1 million in cash — a 1934 Duesenberg Model SJ La Grande long wheelbase dual-cowl phaeton.
The Duesenberg was sold to Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza and then owner of the Detroit Tigers.
[2] The Kruse family is also noted for conducting the $41 million sale of the famous William F. Harrah automotive collection.
[4] On May 25, 2010, the Indiana Auctioneer Commission revoked the auctioneer's license of Dean Kruse amid charges that the company failed to pay clients who had sold items through the company.