Some cars leave a paper trail; the Marquette left a name, a year — 1909 — and a place in GM (General Motors)'s list. What follows is what can be said with a source behind it.
Where it came from
Marquette was an American automobile manufacturer established by General Motors in 1909 after the purchase of the Rainier Motor Car Company. The Marquette Company did not last long and in 1912 GM announced the company would be closed. The Marquette brand had been used before by the Berwick Auto Car Company in 1904, and then by the Buick division of GM for a car series released in 1929. The brand was then discontinued by GM and has not been used since.
In context
Where it sits in GM (General Motors)'s history is not in doubt: the Rainier Motor Car Company came before it. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Ford Model T, the Benz & Cie. Blitzen Benz, the Opel 4/8 PS. Nearby in the GM (General Motors) catalogue sit the 1955 Chevrolet and the 1957 Chevrolet.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Marquette has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.