Brown leather Princess Gardner cigarette case accented with two decorative leather bands around the middle and a gold metal border dividing the top into two squares. A gold metal push clasp opens the case, which is lined with plastic. "Princess Gardner" is embossed in gold on the bottom of the case.

Includes a letter of provenance from Evelyn Lincoln.

What would President Kennedy have done if a meeting ended only to find that one of his guests left a personal article in the Oval Office? The answer comes in the form of a typewritten letter of provenance from JFK's ever-loyal assistant Evelyn Lincoln to famed Kennedy collector Robert L. White. Mrs. Lincoln writes, "This Princess Gardner brown leather case, which you now have in your possession, was left in President John F. Kennedy's Oval Office by someone who came in to see him. The President found it lying on the coffee table next to the sofa. Thinking that someone would call to claim it, he put it in his desk. When no one did, he discarded it." This women's cigarette case, which reflects the "Mad Men" culture of the 1960's, also demonstrates the enormous courtesy that JFK showed to his White House guests.

Robert White Collection; Guernsey's, 2005