President John F Kennedy’s blood-stained long johns being sold on eBay for $1m complete with ‘possible traces of DNA’
A PAIR of President John F. Kennedy’s long johns with blood stains has mysteriously appeared on eBay for a whopping $1 million.
The long johns appeared to have a blood stain near the ankle with possible traces of DNA to the 35th president of the United States.
Kennedy served as president from 1961 until he was assassinated in a brutal public display on November 22, 1963.
Even though he died nearly 62 years ago, his clothing is still resurfacing and is up for auction.
The long johns had a hole in them, suggesting Kennedy frequently wore them.
A small square was cut out of the first fabric, which was used in the construction of a famous limited edition collectible doll, John-John.
It wasn’t until a photographer was hired to take pictures of the clothing that the bloodstains were discovered.
The long johns are one of two pairs sold to memorabilia dealer and collector Richard Wilson at Guernsey’s 1998 Kennedy auction.
They were then listed in a catalog in 2002 and later purchased in a private sale.
A copy of his original Certificate of Authenticity (COA) is included with the sale.
Wilson was even featured holding up a pair of underwear in a 1998 New York Post article about the forthcoming Kennedy auction.
The intimate clothing item was described as “a pair of his personal wool long john underwear.”
A few years later, the Heritage Auctions sold the pair.
One had the Duofold label, and the second was labeled with John F. Kennedy’s ID sewn into the collar.
“When we bought these over two decades ago, we had made a few pictures of the underwear and then had them stored in a secure vault for nearly twenty years,” said the seller.
“No one told us about the stains, nor did we notice them. Not until now.
“To get a better understanding of what we had discovered, we delved into forensics trying to figure out possible circumstances that would produce this injury,” they continued.
JFK'S LONG JOHNS
A pair of President John F. Kennedy's long johns with blood stains has mysteriously appeared on eBay for $1 million and here's everything to know about it.
The blood stains began on the lower shin area above the ankle.
Due to the other stains, it is assumed the blood dribbled down Kennedy’s leg from the point of his injury.
It is suggested some of the stains on his long johns were attempted to be cleaned by a cleaning agent such as water or vinegar.
The stains also suggest that Kennedy was in an upright position and may not have noticed he injured himself at the time.
The long johns have a Duofold label in a size 40 sewn into the underwear.
Additionally, the long johns were ripped toward the left foot hole.
“The locus of the injury was on the lower shin area, just above the ankle.”
The seller speculated that’s where Kennedy began bleeding, believing the blood “spread out around the upper ankle.”
They said the blood was also “diluted and covered a wider area,” claiming, “it can be assumed that the blood had dribbled down the leg from the point of injury.”
The seller revealed a second stain much wider than the first believing the previous owners attempted to clean the area using a cleaning agent.
They suggested, “the President was probably standing up or in an upright or semi-upright position, while he was bleeding.”
“It is felt that the President, perhaps in a passionate mode, was not aware of the primary injury, that he might have been preoccupied, and only later discovered the secondary blood, which he tried to remove.”
LONG HISTORY
The former president’s long johns have been well-documented over the years, long before they were initially auctioned in 1998.
Newspaper articles on the clothing date back to June 12, 1979, in The National Enquirer.
The pair being sold was previously bought to be used by The Great American Doll Company and has since “accumulated a great deal of additional provenance because of what we did with them,” according to the seller.
Before they were sold to The Great American Doll Company, Kennedy’s wife, Jackie Kennedy, gathered some of her most expensive items to be sold from their 1953 wedding.
She reportedly wrapped the items in Kennedy’s long johns as she transported them to an antique dealer in Washington, D.C.
Being that the long johns have been through an ordeal of events, the seller is hoping to sell the relic to “a good home.”
