RR Auction has developed a reputation for
record-setting prices for its autographs and artifacts sold at auction, and
once again the Boston-based auction house has surprised everyone with an
unexpected high bid on a famous lot.
On June 23rd, RR Auction wrapped
up an online “Pop Culture” auction. The most attention-grabbing artifact at
this auction was a four-page love letter handwritten by John F. Kennedy to a
mistress, most likely the American painter and long-time Kennedy family friend Mary
Pinchot Meyer.
Once again, Kennedy has proved endlessly
fascinating to the American public.
The New York Post
reports that the letter sold at auction for almost $89,000, triple the ultimate
price that was expected for the rare love letter. After authentication and
evaluation from in-house and third party experts, RR Auction had estimated the
item’s worth to be about $30,000. In the end, Kennedy’s love letter proved to
be even more valuable and desired than expected.
The official White House letterhead had
been removed on the letter, however the presidential seal remained visible on
the stationary. The contents show Kennedy pining for Meyer to meet with him, as
he writes, “Why don’t you leave suburbia for once --- come and see me ---
either here --- or at the Cape next week or in Boston the 19th?”
This valuable letter is astonishing lasting evidence of one of Kennedy’s many
secret affairs.
The letter is believed to have been
written just a month before Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas. Due to this, the
note remained unsent and existed in the hands of Kennedy’s longtime personal
secretary Evelyn Lincoln all these years. Mary Pinchot Meyer never received the
loving demands.
The love letter was sold at auction on
Thursday, however the buyer wishes to remain anonymous.
Another Kennedy related item fetched quite
a high final bid at RR Auction: a wooden rocking chair once owned and used by
John F. Kennedy sold at auction for $74,938.15.
Every month RR Auction holds new auctions
of authentic rare autographs, artifacts and signed memorabilia. A new auction
entitled “Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Animation” opens for bids
this June 24th, concluding on July 13th. This auction
features items ranging from verified signatures of the Founding Fathers to
those of pop culture icons and rare animation cels.
More
items on auction can be previewed daily at RR Auction’s website. For continued updates on rare and
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