Oswald coffin given antiques valuation of 'at least $1k'
A coffin that once contained Lee Harvey Oswald has been given an antiques valuation ahead of auction.
The coffin which once contained the body of Lee Harvey Oswald is set to be sold at auction in a few weeks and has been given an antiques valuation of at least $1,000 (£640).
Oswald is the man believed to have shot President John F Kennedy and was inside the coffin for almost 20 years but was exhumed in 1981 as his widow wanted to ensure it was him inside the coffin.
He was then reburied at Shannon Rose Hill memorial park in Fort Worth, Texas, in a new casket.
Laura Yntema, the auction manager at Nate D Sanders in Santa Monica, California, said: "There's just a lot of interest in Kennedy and anything to do with his assassination."
The auction, which takes place on December 16th, includes instruments that were used to embalm Oswald, his death certificate, an Easter card he sent to his brother and part of the car seat on which President Kennedy was sitting when he was shot..