KENNEDY ASSASSINATION LIMOUSINE SEAT REMNANTS A chilling pair of relics from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, two sections of the rear seat upon which he and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy sat when Lee Harvey Oswald pulled the trigger on his Mannlicher Carcano, tragically ending the young president's life. Each leather seat section measures approx. 3" x 3", one piece light blue which composed the main portion of the bench seat, the other section dark blue, which composed the outside and upper seat trim. The light blue section clearly shows much rust-colored staining consistent with long-dried blood, under blacklight the dark blue section shows less spotting which may be blood. Additionally, the light blue section bears the very fait remains of a one-half inch scratched circle, perhaps made when the seat was examined by the FBI following the shooting. The seat remnants are accompanied by a letter of provenance on White House letterhead, 1p. 4to., Nov. 22, 1982 (twenty years after the assassination), written by White House Technical Service Rep. F. Vaughn Ferguson. Ferguson, whose involvement with the limousine before and after the shooting is well-documented, writes in part: "...The leather, light blue and dark blue, is from the automobile in which John F. Kennedy, President of the United States, was assassinated in on November 22, 1963... Four days after the assassination the White House upholsterer and I removed this leather at the White House. The light blue leather is from the center of the rear seat. The dark blue leather is from the border of the rear seat. The spots on the leather are the dried blood of our beloved President John F. Kennedy" . Ferguson then describes the extensive modifications that were made to the vehicle so that it could be used by President Lyndon B. Johnson, and mentions that he drove the vehicle from Cincinnati to Washington in complete secrecy to avoid the press. He concludes: "...My career at the White House spanned a twenty year period...It was so sad..." . Also included is a color photograph of Ferguson signing the letter of provenance and a photo of the bloodied rear seat of the vehicle, as well as a copy of a 1982 newspaper article featuring Ferguson and his involvement with the ill-fated limousine. In the article Ferguson states: [after the return of the car to Washington] "FBI agents had ripped the leather seats. They told me they had to do it to find the bullet particles from the shooting...Ferguson said he took a little of the memorabilia with him...'I still have some of the leather from the seats' he said..." . A heart-rending relic from a day that shook the world.     $15,000-20,000