BOBBY KENNEDY MEMORIAL PAPER WEIGHT, MASS PROGRAM & OTHER RELATED EPHEMERA.
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Winning Bid:
$490.35 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
12
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, June 29, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #232 Part I
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Item Description
3" dia. to 8.5x14". Lucite paperweight w/"RFK" quotation distributed by Ethel Kennedy for distribution among close Kennedy family friends. Material related to RFK Funeral Mass includes: "The Mass On The Day Of Burial" program, portrait card, Western Union telegraph inviting Mrs. Lempart to "Travel On The Funeral Train From New York To Washington"; "Requiem Mass For Robert Francis Kennedy Admit One" ticket w/hand written "Train" in top right corner and two sided "Tribute To Senator Robert F. Kennedy" article "By Senator Edward M. Kennedy." Other related ephemera includes: letter from Ethel Kennedy w/original envelope & enclosed "Memorandum" announcing the formation  of "The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial"; a Western Union telegram from "Ted Kennedy" inviting Mrs. Lempart to "A Mass" at St. Luke's Church "On Bob's Birthday, November 20th"; program from the "Robert F. Kennedy Dinner" on Jan. 22, 1969 w/original tissue paper quotation insert (vertical fold at center) and an invitation to the "Dedication Of The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium." Unless noted all have only minor handling wear. Exc. A fine group from the archive of former JFK White House Sec. Helen Lempart.  
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