The necklace that JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald wore as a baby, as well as the toe tag taken from his body at the morgue, has sold well at RR Auction's latest online sale, which closed on November 14.
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Also included in the lot was a lock of Oswald's hair. All together, the items from the very beginning and end of Oswald's life sold for $65,591.
The sale is the second held by RR Auction to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F Kennedy. Offering a range of presidential memorabilia, the first sale was highlighted by Oswald's wedding ring, which sold for $108,000.
The baby necklace, toe tag and hair have fantastic provenance, with the necklace attached to a sheet of paper that is notated by Oswald's mother, Marguerite, "Lee Harvey Oswald, Born N. O. La, October 18, 1939 at 'The French Hospital'."
It is also accompanied by a certificate from Oswald's brother, Robert, as well as a report from the ambulance driver of how he acquired the toe tag.
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Also selling well in the auction was a rocking chair from the Kennedy Hyannisport estate, which made $36,709. The chair was given to the consignor's great-grandfather as a gift of appreciation after 22 years of working as a caretaker at the estate, and bears a gold-painted eagle with two stars.
Another rocking chair used by JFK, which was prescribed to help ease his back pain, will appear at Heritage Auctions on November 23.
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The final sketch drawn by Kennedy before he was killed also featured, selling for $29,852. A drawing of a sailboat, it was created on November 21, when the president was staying at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas. He was killed the following day, on November 22.
Paul Fraser Collectibles has a fantastic range of John F Kennedy memorabilia for sale.