Lee Harvey Oswald's Coffin Up For Auction
A Santa Monica auction house has a grim lot up for auction, the pine coffin in which the suspected assassin of President John F Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald was buried for almost 20 years. The coffin was unearthed in 1981 as a consequence of a dispute between Oswald's widow Marina and his brother Robert. Marina sought an exhumation believing that a Russian agent had been buried in her husband's place. After a medical examination proved the body was Oswald's, he was reburied in a new casket. The coffin is being sold by Baumgardner Funeral home, the undertaker that handled the reburial. The bidding at Nate D Sanders auction house will start at $1,000.
[via the Guardian]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Derek Dec 2nd 2010 8:42AM
This story bores me stiff.
Lee Dec 2nd 2010 8:51AM
Good one!
Robert Dec 2nd 2010 1:17PM
its an historical item its valuable
Dean Dec 2nd 2010 2:09PM
Thanks for the laugh Derek.
leon Dec 2nd 2010 8:46AM
If you win the bidding on it , is the shipping free?
trmnatr2 Dec 2nd 2010 8:57AM
It could be a nice conversation piece when you have a party at your house.
Louis Dec 2nd 2010 9:09AM
I don't know what demented person would bid on this item. I suppose you could use it for a Halloween buffet dinner party. "Chicken in the Casket" might be a delectable treat. :-)~
jake192168 Dec 2nd 2010 10:18AM
it should be used as a latrine
CuriousBystander Dec 2nd 2010 6:34PM
I understand there are actually TWO coffins. Another was unearthed from the grassy knoll.
hhecuba Dec 2nd 2010 10:26AM
I would rather have the gun that Jackie used to shoot her husband and governer Conally.
smapplebee Dec 2nd 2010 6:50PM
I believe you are right. She was one cold cookie.
stephen Dec 2nd 2010 10:39AM
No thanks, i wouldn't even use it for firewood.
Barbara Matthews Dec 2nd 2010 4:45PM
No....pine doesn't burn well.
stephen Dec 2nd 2010 9:08PM
Try telling that to Smokey the Bear.
BILL Dec 2nd 2010 10:53AM
there is absolutelt nothing what-so-ever to prove that lee harvey oswald killed kennedy, remember the kennedy family, it obtained it's vast wealth from the exact same method that al capone, and the roosevelt's got their's??? FACT>>>>>>>>
OH WOW,,, I WONDER IF THE US GOVERNMENT IS LYING TO US AS USUAL???
THEY AWAYS CALL IT A COVER UP???
James Di Pietro Dec 2nd 2010 11:33AM
Absolutely disgusting.
Pat Dec 2nd 2010 1:16PM
How disgusting. After 20 years the body would have been decomposing and body fluids would have been all over it. What a creepy thing.
Kirk Foley Dec 2nd 2010 12:13PM
A new low has been established for American decorum, ghoulishness, bad taste and respect. May there be no bids.
adawson1971 Dec 2nd 2010 3:01PM
It's not new. It's not American. The internet just lets everyone know about it now.
Centuries ago, people (in Europe) used to dip cloths into the blood of those beheaded during executions as souvenirs.
AJ Dec 2nd 2010 1:13PM
Lets take set the darn thing on fire.