Live Auction Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 10AM:
9. President John F. Kennedy Dinner Plate From Presidential
Yacht Honey Fitz
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963),
also referred to as John F. Kennedy, Kennedy, John Kennedy, Jack Kennedy, or
JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of the United States. In 1960 he became the
youngest person ever to be elected as President of the United States, and the
second youngest, after Theodore Roosevelt, to serve. Kennedy served from 1961
until his assassination in 1963. The Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile
Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the American Civil
Rights Movement and early events of the Vietnam War took place during his
presidency.
Presidential yacht Honey Fitz dinner service plate. Beautiful 24kt gold rim and
Presidential eagle. Maker marked “Shenango China, New Castle, PA., U.S.A., NS”
to reverse.
Condition Report: Excellent with light utensil marks
Size: 9.9 in. diameter (25.1 cm.)
Provenance: R.C. Duck, American Heritage Autographs and Collectibles
Estimate: $1,500 – 2,000
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