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Here is a leather seat swatch from John F Kennedy’s assassination that we sold:
A Chilling Relic From the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy — Section of the Leather Seat Upon Which JFK & the First Lady Sat When He Was Shot — With Letter of Provenance — “…The spots on the leather are the dried blood of our beloved President John F. Kennedy…”
A chilling relic from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A section of the seat upon which he and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy sat when Lee Harvey Oswald pulled the trigger on his Mannlicher Carcano, tragically ending the young president’s life. Dark blue leather seat section which composed the outside and upper seat trim. Under black light the leather section shows spotting which is undoubtedly blood. Measures approximately 3″ x 3″. Accompanied by a copy of a letter of provenance on White House letterhead, 1p. quarto, dated 22 November 1982 (twenty years after the assassination), written by White House Technical Service Rep. F. Vaughn Ferguson. Ferguson, whose involvement with the limousine before and after the shooting is well-documented, writes in part: “…The leather…is from the automobile in which John F. Kennedy, President of the United States, was assassinated in on November 22, 1963…Four days after the assassination the White House upholsterer and I removed this leather at the White House…The dark blue leather is from the border of the rear seat. The spots on the leather are the dried blood of our beloved President John F. Kennedy.” Ferguson then describes the extensive modifications that were made to the vehicle so that it could be used by President Lyndon B. Johnson, and mentions that he drove the vehicle from Cincinnati to Washington in complete secrecy to avoid the press. He concludes: “…My career at the White House spanned a twenty year period…It was so sad…” Included is a color photograph of Ferguson signing the letter of provenance and a photo of the bloodied rear seat of the vehicle. Also included is a copy of a 1982 newspaper article featuring Ferguson and his involvement with the ill-fated limousine. In the article Ferguson states: “[after the return of the car to Washington]…FBI agents had ripped the leather seats. They told me they had to do it to find the bullet particles from the shooting…Ferguson said he took a little of the memorabilia with him…’I still have some of the leather from the seats’ he said…” A heart-rending relic from a day that shook the world. Sold for $19,036.
We also sold the following item:
Blanket from John F. Kennedy’s limousine, stowed in the vehicle at the time of his assassination. Navy blue woolen blanket bearing a large embroidered Presidential seal is one of two that were fixtures of the custom limousine, literally built into the doors of the back seat on each side for ready use by chilled passengers. Blanket features a grey plush lining to the reverse side and snaps along the edges for securing to interior door panels. Measures 50.5” x 41”. Embroidered seal measures 7” in diameter. Some patches of wear to fabric surface along center, else fine. With excellent provenance, including an LOA from Burke Reilly, the first owner of the blankets after their removal from the limousine, which was dismantled during Johnson’s administration. Reilly was the manager of the White House Vehicle Program for Ford Motor Company’s Washington Affairs Office, in charge of the care and service of the automobiles in the federal fleet, including ”100X”, the Presidential limousine. His LOA specifies the names of the people he worked and interacted with, including the name of the Secret Service agent that gave the blankets to him. Includes copies of Reilly’s Ford ID and his security clearance pass. Mr. Reilly is reportedly still alive today. More information regarding the “lap robes,” as they were called, comes from Ford employee F. Vaughn Ferguson whose 18 December 1963 memo to Ford lobbyist R.W. Markley Jr. is housed at the National Archives. This memo reads in part, ”…on the 2nd of December I noticed that the two lap robes had a few blood spots on them, but, more than that, were soiled from handling and required cleaning. The White House chauffeurs were detailed to take the lap robes to Fort Myer for cleaning. These persons remained with the lap robes until they were cleaned and returned the same day…” An impossibly rare relic from the last moment of JFK’s presidency. Sold for $61,599.
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