JFK’s hearse going on the auction block

[Playinghardball]

Source:MSNBC



DETROIT — If you’ve got the money you’ll be able to buy a memento of one of the saddest days in American history.

The hearse that carried John F. Kennedy’s casket to the Dallas airport in November 1963 will go on the auction block next month. It was used to transport both the casket and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy from Parkland Memorial Hospital to Love Field, where Air Force One was waiting for the return flight to Washington, D.C.

“The eyes of the world were on this car on that unforgettable day in American history,” said Steve Davis, president of the Barrett-Jackson Auction, which will handle the sale of the Cadillac hearse. “It’s one of the most significant and historical vehicles ever offered for sale.”

The hearse was originally created as a showpiece for a trade show by the Miller Meteor Company and then sold to the O’Neal Funeral Home, in Dallas just a month before JFK’s November 22, 1963 assassination.

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[MineralMan]

1. Maudlin Means Much Money

it seems. No thank you.

[Adsos Letter]

2. No kidding. It belongs in the Smithsonian, if anywhere.

And they only take donations.

[MADem]

3. I was thinking that, too.

It's a bit too depressing for a Presidential library and the one in Boston is about life, not death.

I don't know if they have suitable exhibit space at the 6th Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, but it would work there, I suppose.

[MineralMan]

4. With any luck, someone will buy it and donate it to them.

That would be appropriate.

[BoWanZi]

7. I was thinking the same thing, hopefully someone does donate it after buying it.

[rylie17]

5. JFK

Yes! Its for real. A sober symbol of American history drives up to the auction block in January. An enthusiast with the right bid will be able to drive home in the hearse that held the body of John F. Kennedy to Love Field right after his assassination in Dallas in 1963. Resource for this article: http://www.cardealexpert.com/news-information/auto-news/jfk-hearse-auction/

[Bombero1956]

8. last year an ambulance used to transport the casket from Andrews Air Force Base was auctioned

It sold for $120,000 but some say that the fact that it was sold for only $120,000 is evidence that potential buyers were not totally convinced that it is the real thing. This particular hearse was on Ebay earlier this year with a price of $1.5 million but failed to sell.