Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

Lot #137
John F. Kennedy: Souvenir Copy of Last Will and Testament Signed by Evelyn Lincoln

This lot has closed

Estimate: $200+
Sell a Similar Item?
Refer Collections and Get Paid
Share:  

Description

Souvenir copy of John F. Kennedy's last will and testament, eleven pages, 8.5 x 11, originally executed on June 18, 1954, and witnessed by JFK's personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; she signs the penultimate page in black ballpoint, "I witnessed this Kennedy will, Evelyn Lincoln." The will lists Kennedy's names, Jacqueline Kennedy, as chief executor and trustee who, "if she survives me," is bequeathed "the sum of Twenty-Five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars together with all of my personal effects, furniture, furnishings, silverware, dishes, china, glassware, and linens, which I may own at the time of my death." The final page feature's Kennedy's facsimile signature. In fine condition.

Provenance: John F. Kennedy: The Robert L. White Collection, Lot 1388, Guernsey's, December 2005.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autograph and Artifacts Featuring JFK 60th / Presidents
  • Dates: #678 - Ended November 08, 2023