{"id":2245970,"date":"2024-05-16T13:11:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jfk-doodles-made-on-eve-of-assassination-auctioned-for-more-than-34000\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T13:13:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:13:58","slug":"jfk-doodles-made-on-eve-of-assassination-auctioned-for-more-than-34000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jfk-doodles-made-on-eve-of-assassination-auctioned-for-more-than-34000\/","title":{"rendered":"JFK sketches before assassination sold for over $34,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjfk-doodles-made-on-eve-of-assassination-auctioned-for-more-than-34000%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2245970&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Over 40 \u2062items associated with former President John F. Kennedy,\u200c part\u200c of an auction to honor his legacy and birthday,\u2063 garnered significant bids. The Boston-based RR Auction revealed today that the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-stops-enforcement-of-covid-19-restrictions\/\" title=\"Iowa stops enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions\">highest bid<\/a> was \u200bfor doodles \u2062created by the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debunking-the-jfk-assassination-conspiracies\/\" title=\"Debunking The JFK Assassination Conspiracies\">35th president<\/a> on the eve of his\u2063 tragic assassination.\u2064 The rewritten\u2064 summary is: Over 40 items \u200clinked to former President John F. Kennedy,\u2063 part of an auction to honor\u200c his legacy and birthday, \u2063received substantial bids. The\u2063 Boston-based RR\u2063 Auction disclosed today that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reportedly-planning-an-executive-order-on-firearms-right-out-of-the-gate-but-his-big-bold-changes-wont-stop-there\/\" title=\"Biden Reportedly Planning an Executive Order on Firearms Right Out of the Gate, But His \u2018Big, Bold Changes\u2019 Won\u2019t Stop There\">top bid<\/a> was \u2062for doodles made\u2064 by the \u206335th\u200d president on the night before his \u200ctragic assassination.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Over 40 items linked to former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rrauction.com\/auctions\/auction-details\/692\/?page=1&#038;itemQty=96&#038;view=gallery&#038;sort=hp&#038;cat=190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John F. Kennedy,<\/a> who would have been 107 on May 29, brought top dollar at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/icbc-ransomware-attack-triggers-global-regulator-trader-scrutiny\/\" title=\"ICBC ransomware attack triggers global regulator, trader scrutiny\">auction held<\/a> to commemorate his legacy and birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Boston-based RR Auction told Secrets today that the highest bid came for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rrauction.com\/auctions\/lot-detail\/348732906920052-john-f-kennedy-handwritten-notes-and-doodles-from-houstons-rice-hotel-on-november-21-1963\/?cat=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>doodles the 35th president made<\/a> on the night before his assassination in Dallas, Nov. 22, 1963.<\/p>\n<p>The drawings and random thoughts, written clearly in pencil on Rice Hotel stationery, sold for $34,504.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>John F. Kennedy Handwritten Notes and Doodles from Houston\u2019s Rice Hotel on November 21, 1963. Photo courtesy RR Auction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cKennedy\u2019s handwriting remains highly coveted by presidential collectors, with examples deriving from his last night alive being part of an elusive and ever-shrinking group,\u201d said Bobby Livingston, RR Auction executive vice president.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy was staying at the hotel in Fort Worth while in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Texas<\/a> for events.<\/p>\n<p>RR Auction described the document this way: \u201cThe document, written in pencil on an off-white sheet, contains various notations likely made during a telephone conversation. It includes references to the year \u20181963,\u2019 numerical notes like \u201810 thousand tons\u2019 and \u201850 or 60 %,\u2019 a noted time of \u201811:45,\u2019 and the surname \u2018Smith\u2019 mentioned twice \u2014 possibly referring to Stephen E. Smith, Kennedy\u2019s brother-in-law and campaign strategist. The page also showcases Kennedy\u2019s familiar doodles, including underlines, boxes, and an arrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other items sold at this week\u2019s auction included Kennedy\u2019s inaugural address book presented to the chief of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/White-House\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> police. It went for $26,575. Also, a presidential seal flag that Kennedy signed and presented to the commander of the USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. sold for $16,643.<\/p>\n<p>One other top seller was former President George Washington\u2019s signed and handwritten ledger. It went for $46,279.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At an auction honoring JFK&#8217;s legacy and birthday, items connected to the late president, who would have turned 107, fetched top prices. Boston&#8217;s RR Auction announced today that the highest bid was for doodles JFK sketched the night before his tragic assassination<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2245971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23323704126616-1-1024x705.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2245970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23323704126616-1-1024x705.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2245970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2245971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2245970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2245970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2245970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}