Nov 08, 2018 - Sale 2492

Sale 2492 - Lot 245

Price Realized: $ 5,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
JFK'S SKETCH OF HIS PT-109 JOHN F. KENNEDY. Graphite drawing, unsigned, sketch showing a PT-109 in motion with U.S. flag waving on its flagstaff, with holograph label in hand-drawn box ("109"), and 6 holograph words, possibly notes passed to a neighbor during a meeting: "Why Tom? / [drawing] I was in war / '44 / [crossed out astrological symbol representing Mars]." 6 3/4x5 1/4 inches, "United States Senate" stationery, with integral blank. Washington, 1950s

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Provenance: Swann November 7, 2017, lot 108, to present owner.