Lin­coln, JFK assas­si­na­tion ‘relics’ head to auc­tion

Relics linked to America’s most famous polit­i­cal assas­si­na­tions are head­ing to auc­tion next week­end, includ­ing “pre­vi­ous­ly unknown and unseen” film footage of for­mer first lady Jacque­line Kennedy draped over her husband’s body as it sped away from his slay­ing at Dallas’s Dealey Plaza.
The 8 mm film offered at Boston’s RR Auc­tion on Sat­ur­day, Sept. 28, pro­vides the only known images of John F. Kennedy’s motor­cade tak­en after the Novem­ber 22, 1963 assas­si­na­tion cap­tured by the famous Zaprud­er film.
It is expect­ed to fetch at least $100,000, and online bids are already over $17,000.
RR Auc­tion is also offer­ing relics from the April 15, 1865, slay­ing of for­mer Pres­i­dent Abra­ham Lin­coln by John Wilkes Booth, as well as Booth fam­i­ly items.

Image cour­tesy RR Auc­tion
The most notable arti­fact is …