Kennedy Rocking Chair

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President Kennedy's rocking chair (Photo: DON EMMERT, AFP/Getty Images) The 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination also features a big sale of JFK memorabilia. The president's rocking chair and two flags that stood in his Oval Office are among It was an old-fashioned sort of rocking chair, the kind you might see on a porch in the South. Perhaps not fitting for a Yankee--but of great comfort to President Kennedy in soothing a back injury from WWII. There it was sitting in a hideaway in the U.S DALLAS (AP) - A rocking chair used by President John F. Kennedy in the White House is going on display in New York City. The chair is part of a collection of Kennedy memorabilia Heritage Auctions will offer Nov. 23 in Dallas. The display, which also WASHINGTON, Aug. 28— Perhaps the most famous piece of Presidential furniture is the kennedy rocking chair. Hundreds of photographs were made of John F. Kennedy sitting in the Oval Office, at ease in his rocking chair as he consulted with heads of state DALLAS — A rocking chair said to have been used by President Kennedy will go up for auction here next week, with bidding opening at $50,000. Two other rockers earned $442,500 and $453,000 at earlier auctions. Kennedy owned more than a dozen of the A true piece of American memorabilia, reputedly the last chair John F. Kennedy ever sat in, is currently up for auction at Heritage Auction House. At first glance it is just a simple wooden rocking chair, but a closer look reveals a small plaque on .

DALLAS, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A rocking chair President John F. Kennedy used the day before he was gunned down in Dallas is being auctioned with other Kennedy memorabilia. The chair, supplied for the presidential suite by managers at the Rice Hotel in Houston But for one family, they especially salute the three who found brief comfort from the rigors of the world's toughest job in the embrace of an Oklahoma rocking chair. John Kennedy used a rocking chair in the Oval Office. He had a bad back, and the padded I am so happy to have one of the two rocking chairs in my home today, a special reminder of my great grandparents, but also of President Kennedy, and what he meant to so many people. DALLAS -- The bedroom rocking chair of President John F. Kennedy will soon be on the auction block, Heritage Auction Galleries said. The president's rocker was kept in the White House bedroom and was among several chairs made to accommodate his bad back .