£50k for JFK rocking chair

Published on Wednesday 16 February 2005 13:29

AN oak rocking chair that US President John F Kennedy used to rest his bad back sold for £50,000 to an anonymous telephone bidder at the opening of a three-day New York auction of property from the Kennedy family’s homes.

The Sotheby’s auction, which took in 900,000 last night, was expected to be more modest in scope than a 1996 Kennedy sale that brought in 18 million.

The 700 plus lots include ordinary objects such as magazines, records and glass jars. They are being sold by Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the assassinated president.