This handout image provided by Heritage Auctions shows a rocking chair that former US president John F. Kennedy kept in his White House apartment, which could sell for more than USD 100,000 dollars, the Texas auction house said.(AFP/HO)
Posted on 05/03/2006 10:09:47 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
CHICAGO (AFP) - A rocking chair that US President John F. Kennedy kept in his White House apartment could sell for more than 100,000 dollars, a Texas auction house said.
"There are certain personal characteristics that we associate with our presidents. When it's Abraham Lincoln it's the stovetop hat. For Dwight Eisenhower it's golf clubs. For John F. Kennedy it was really the rocking chair," said John Petty, a spokesman for Heritage Auctions.
Kennedy often used rocking chairs to alleviate back pain. There are a number of iconic photos of him sat in a rocking chair, including one where he was holding his young daughter Caroline in his lap.
"You have to wonder how many momentous decisions were made in this chair," Petty said.
The chair was a gift from then-Pakistan President Ayub Khan. After Kennedy's assassination, his wife Jacqueline Kennedy gave the rocker to the president's longtime valet, George Thomas, who kept it until his death in 1980.
Several of Kennedy's rocking chairs have been sold at auction. At a 1996 New York auction of Jacqueline Kennedy's possessions, two Kennedy rockers were sold for more than 400,000 dollars each.
A floor auction will be held on June 7 in Dallas, Texas. Bids will also be accepted by phone and online at www.heritageauctions.com
This handout image provided by Heritage Auctions shows a rocking chair that former US president John F. Kennedy kept in his White House apartment, which could sell for more than USD 100,000 dollars, the Texas auction house said.(AFP/HO)
JFK (the real one) said that: "If the house is a rockin', don't come a knockin'."
Teddy said, "If the car is a rockin', don't go a drivin' or divin'."
Sixty-five hundred going once...
Jerry and Elaine think they've got them.
SUE ELLEN: Eight thousand.
AUCTIONEER: Eight thousand. We have eight thousand. The bid is now eight thousand dollars.
ELAINE: (to Jerry) What is she doing? She's starting in on the bidding now? (to Auctioneer) Eighty-five hundred!
AUCTIONEER: We have eighty-five...
SUE ELLEN: Nine thousand.
AUCTIONEER: Nine thousand dollars.
JERRY: Think she wants those clubs.
AUCTIONEER: Do I hear ninety-five? Ninety-five hundred...
ELAINE: Ninety-five hundred.
SUE ELLEN: Ten thousand.
AUCTIONEER: Ten thousand, to the shapely woman on the left. Ten thousand going once...
JERRY: Well, that's your ceiling.
AUCTIONEER: Ten thousand going twice...
Sue Ellen looks over at Elaine, with a smirk.
ELAINE: (determined) Eleven thousand!
SUE ELLEN: Twelve thousand.
ELAINE: (angrier) Thirteen thousand!
SUE ELLEN: Fourteen thousand.
ELAINE: (vicious) Fifteen thousand!!
Jerry buries his face in his hands.
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