A treasure-trove of John F. Kennedy memorabilia will be auctioned next month ranging from the watch he wore to his 1961 presidential inauguration to his doodles during talks on the Cuban missile crisis.The private collection of Robert White, who began collecting Kennedy artifacts in the 1950s, represents most of the nearly 2,000 items that will be put up for sale from December 15 to 17 at the Park Avenue Armory by Guernsey’s auctioneers.White, a cleaning supplies salesman, collected pins, posters and other materials during Kennedy’s years as a congressman and senator from Massachusetts and began a correspondence with Kennedy’s secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, after Kennedy reached the White House.Lincoln, who worked for Kennedy during most of his political career, became good friends with White and when she died in 1995, she bequeathed her collection of Kennedy material to him.White died in 2003 and his estate is selling off the collection.About 300 items will also be auctioned in “real time” on eBay Liveauctions for those unable to attend the auction in New York, Guernsey’s said.

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