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JFK memorabilia fetches about $2M at auction; leather bomber jacket sold for $570,000

By: The Associated Press

Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 at 11:01 AM | Comments: 0

FILE - This undated file photo provided by John McInnis Auctioneers shows late President John F. Kennedy, right, with his wife, Jacqueline, center, and sister-in-law Ethyl Kennedy, left. The photograph is part of a collection of John F. Kennedy memorabilia from the family of David Powers, a former special assistant to the president, that fetched almost $2 million at auction Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 at John McInnis Auctioneers in Amesbury, Mass. (AP Photo/John McInnis Auctioneers, File)

AMESBURY, Mass. - A collection of John F. Kennedy memorabilia fetched almost $2 million at auction, including $570,000 for the former president's Air Force One leather bomber jacket.

The collection of about 2,000 photographs, gifts and other items was auctioned Sunday in Massachusetts.

The items belonged to David Powers, Kennedy's assistant and close personal friend who died in 1998.

The jacket went to an anonymous bidder and had been only expected to fetch from $20,000 to $40,000.

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