Blood-stained Leather Swatch from Dallas Limo. 22 November 1963. Approx. 1/2 x 1/2 in. Encapsulated by Collectibles Authentication Guaranty (CAG) with certificate.

Provenance: F. Vaughn Ferguson, Technical Service Representative at the White House; Collection of Raleigh DeGeer Amyx; RR Auctions, September 2014; RR Auction, Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 6 November 2019, Lot 35. A copy of the letter from F. Vaugh Ferguson to Amyx is included among a dossier of copies of notes by Amyx and articles related to the leather. 

A swatch of leather from the light and dark blue leather interior of the Lincoln Continental limousine that President John F. Kennedy was riding in when assassinated on 22 November 1963. A letter, a copy of which accompanies the lot, from F. Vaughn Ferguson details the history of the leather after the events: "Four days after the Assassination the White House upholsterer and I removed this leather at the White House. The light blue leather is from the center of the rear seat. The dark blue leather is from the border of the rear seat. The spots on the latter are the dried blood of our beloved President, John F. Kennedy. Following the Assassination the Presidential Limousine was completely refurbished."

[Politics, Assassination, JFK, John F. Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Dealey Plaza, Lee Harvey Oswald]