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1996: The Kennedy Auction
"Wednesday's sale featured one of the auction's few pieces of genuine historical significance, the Louis XVI desk on which President John F. Kennedy signed the 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Estimate: $20,000 to $30,000; sale price: $1,432,500. The buyer was that frequent successful bidder, Anonymous."
From: What Price Camelot?, May. 06, 1996
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