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Lot # 1643: Badgeman Post

Category: Historical

Starting Bid: $5,000.00

Bids: 0 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "December 2005",
which ran from 11/22/2005 12:00 AM to
11/30/2005 9:00 PM



Before the date 9-11 was unfortunately etched into the memory of people, there was November 22, 1963. That’s the date that even today, people can remember exactly where they were and exactly what they were doing when they heard that horrific news bulletin...”we interrupt this program to say, the President has been shot.” From that stunning moment in time, that one day in Dallas was permanently enshrined in our mind. Everyone knows about the Texas School Book Depository and who supposedly was at that 6th floor window with a rifle leaning out. But conspiracy buffs, in fact, millions of people even today, still believe that it was the uncaptured gunman, the second gunman...not Lee Harvey Oswald... who fired the fatal shots that killed President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. This is your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a piece of American history. This is the actual fence post from that famous, grassy knoll. This Grassy Knoll fence post, was where, arguably, the most important 6 seconds of America’s modern history took place. The spot where the Badgeman was first spotted. You may have heard that the Badgeman was first reportedly spotted in a small portion of a Mary Moorman photograph of the JFK assassination in the mid 1970’s by none other that Ruth Carter--yes, the sister of President Jimmy Carter. It has been said that the Badgeman post is the most important part of the Grassy Knoll Fence. Weighing about 35 pounds, it has survived the past 42 years, standing in the exact spot where it was on November 22nd, 1963 until just a few years ago when this piece of priceless Americana was removed and stored. This Grassy Knoll Post has the original weathered and antique look from 40 -plus years, as well as the original graffiti from people who have been visiting the JFK assassination site every single day since November 22, 1963. An LOA is included. Talk about a conversation piece! Even after all these years, there are still questions about that infamous day in American history. Today, you have the rarest of rare opportunities to own a piece of what arguably may be the biggest conspiracy story of all time. The piece comes with several forms of notarization and documentation indicating its authenticity.

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