JFK picture trove raises €114k

A TROVE of John F Kennedy pictures by White House photographer Cecil Stoughton, including a rare image of Marilyn Monroe with the president and Robert Kennedy at a Democratic fund-raiser, fetched $151,000 (€114,000) at auction.

The Monroe photograph, contained in an envelope labelled “Sensitive Material — May 19, 1962” with 22 other gelatin silver prints of the event, sold for $9,150, above its pre-sale estimate of $4,000-$6,000.

“It’s the only image of the three of them together,” said Matthew Haley, Bonhams’ expert for books, manuscripts and historical photographs. “There are very few prints of this photo.”