JFK vehicle number plates sold US$100.000

US President John F Kennedy was shot dead in the city of Dallas, November 1963. AP

A pair of license plates of vehicles carrying US President John F. Kennedy when he was shot dead has sold auctioned for $ 100,000 or equivalent to Rp1.3 billion.



Limousine carrying Kennedy repaired after the man who is familiarly called as JFK was shot in Dallas, State of Texas, in November 1963. The second license plate thrown away.

By the owner of the company that improves the limousine, the two plates were then taken and handed over to his daughter, Jane Walker.

For years he kept it in the kitchen drawer.

"I am aware of its value. Several times I showed it to my friends, "said Jane Walker, heir to the vehicle license plate numbered G-300's.

JFK vehicle number plates are sold. AP

However, Jane decided to sell the license plate through auctions in the city of Dallas. The second auction was originally assumed that the plate would sell for US $ 40,000.

Value was exceeded when a collector of relics Kennedy bought. The auction house said the collector is reluctant to name published.

Besides plate limousine carrying President Kennedy, the auction house also sells the dinner menu last Titanic before the ship sank. The menu was sold for US $ 118,750 or equivalent to Rp 1.6 billion. bbc