The license plates that were on the limousine that carried President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated will be sold at a Dallas auction on November 7, 2015. There is currently an opening bid of $40,000 for the plates that were saved from the trash 52 years ago by Willard C. Hess, owner of the company that retrofitted the presidential limousine Hess & Eisenhardt. For the last half century the valuable license plates have been kept in a drawer in an Ohio kitchen after being consigned by Jane Walker. According to Don Ackerman, Consignment Director for Heritage Auctions, there are ”very few pieces of this caliber, that were so close to the assassination on the fateful day, and that could potentially mean as much to collectors.”
See License plate from JFK’s limo, saved from trash 52 years ago, at auction in Dallas, Art Daily, October 30, 2015.
