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Below is a recent realized price for a 19th century House of Representatives desk. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain up to this amount or more for you:
House of Representatives 19th Century Desk. Sold for Nearly $40,000.
The following is some furniture with political ties that we sold:
John F. Kennedy’s Rocking Chair, Used by JFK as President
One of the few rocking chairs owned and used by John F. Kennedy as President, who famously relied on his rocking chairs to relieve back pain resulting from his WWII injuries. Kennedy’s personal physician, Dr. Janet Travell, first treated JFK as a Senator in the 1950s, where she prescribed the use of rocking chairs custom-made to his specifications.
This stylish mid-century rocking chair is upholstered in orange-brown leather against a rattan backing and wood frame, with a leather cushion that snaps into place. Attached with upholstery nails to the underside of one arm is the business card of Larry Arata, who Jackie Kennedy recruited from Hyannis, Massachusetts to work as the White House upholsterer. Arata’s business card shows a McLean, Virginia address and “White House Upholsterer – 1961 to Present” at bottom, though with some paper loss to the card. Also present on the arm of the chair is John F. Kennedy’s Senate business card, signed “Jack Kennedy”, indicating this chair was likely taken from Kennedy’s Senate office and reupholstered for Kennedy to use as President. According to what Jackie Kennedy has said about the chair, it was used by JFK at the Hyannis Port compound.
Rocking chair originates from Jackie Kennedy, who gifted it to New York City Mayor Ed Koch in December 1984 on the occasion of Koch’s 60th birthday. The Mayor, in turn, gifted it to his executive assistant Rose Mintzer, who passed it down to her son, whose notarized LOA accompanies the chair. Chair measures 44″ tall, 28″ wide and 33″ deep. Chair displays beautifully, with light wear from use. One of the more personal belongings of John F. Kennedy. Sold for $90,000.
Harry Truman’s personally owned rocking chair. Beautifully crafted wooden rocking chair was donated by Mrs. Truman in the fall of 1962 to the Women’s Guild charity sale at the Trinity Episcopal Church, the church where she married the president in 1919. Patterned cushioning is from the chair’s reupholstering in the 1950’s by Jennings Furniture in Independence, according to the Historic Furnishing Report of the Harry S. Truman Home and National Historic Site. Truman was known for making use of his rocking chair, having mentioned it in numerous interviews including one with Edward R. Murrow in which he joked, ”I do an immense amount of it [manual labor] from a rocking chair.” Staining to the upper left of the upper cushion, else near fine. Accompanied by an 8” x 10” notarized LOA, mounted on a wooden plaque, from the charity sale’s chairwoman, Mrs. W. Howard Huffman of Independence, Missouri. Sold for $23,116.
Scarce 110-year old chair from the administration of President William McKinley. Wooden chair, most likely mahogany, bears brass plaque on underside of seat which reads, ”Executive Mansion / President / William McKinley / Comr P B&G. / Colonel Theo. A. Bingham.” Colonel Theodore A. Bingham was responsible for renovating The White House, or the ”Executive Mansion” as it was then called, during the Benjamin Harrison administration approximately ten years before McKinley occupied the venerable residence. The federal-style wooden chair has a rectangular back and simple geometric solar design carved at top. The seat upholstered in royal blue leather is heavily worn with most of the leather torn off, exposing internal canvas, and not intended for sitting. The rest of the chair has some wear and rubbing, particularly to bottoms of legs, but still stands firmly making it a nice item for display. Back part of chair measures 14.5” x 19”; seat measures 16” x 17”, and entire chair from floor to top measures 36”.
Sold for $20,546.
White House Presidential Desk Based on Original Used by JFK and All Other Presidents Since Hayes
White House Oval Office ”Resolute” desk replica, handcrafted from dark red Swietana mahogany. Originally crafted from the salvaged oak timbers of a sunken British explorer’s ship (the H.M.S. Resolute), the original White House desk was presented as a gift to U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes from Queen Victoria of England in 1880. The desk remained in the President’s second floor White House study for many years, even following the completion of the West Wing. After President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office, he requested that the rear kneehole be fitted with a panel that would conceal his leg braces. Unfortunately, Roosevelt died shortly before the panel could be installed in 1945. Following the 1948-1952 renovation of the Truman White House, the desk appeared in the ground floor broadcast room of the White House, from which President Dwight D. Eisenhower made numerous radio and television broadcasts. When President John F. Kennedy took office, the Resolute desk was installed in the Oval Office for the first time, thanks to the efforts of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. The desk became famously featured in a whimsical photograph of President John F. Kennedy at work while son John Jr. peeked out from behind the kneehole panel. After President Lyndon B. Johnson selected another desk for his office, the Resolute desk was donated to a Kennedy Library traveling exhibition in the mid-1960’s. Following the tour, the desk was forwarded to the Smithsonian for exhibition, where it remained until January 1977, when President Jimmy Carter requested the return of the desk to the Oval Office. In 1989, President George H. Bush utilized the desk for five months before having it moved to his residence office in exchange for a favored desk originating from his Vice Presidential West Wing office. The Resolute was returned to the Oval Office in 1993 after President Bill Clinton took office. It has remained an Oval Office fixture ever since. This impressive piece is a stunning replica of the original 1880 design, with intricate carvings including one of the Great Seal. Another replica was used in the ”National Treasure” movie franchise, the plot of which centered around the Resolute desk. Desk features a maroon tooled leather top, pedestal legs with file drawers and a lockable cupboard door with letter drawer. Measures 76” long x 48” wide x 30” high. Matching chair is also available, but not included in this lot. In new, fine condition. Sold for $6,250.
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