Kennedy property to be auctioned

More than 700 pieces of furniture, jewellery and bric-a-brac from the Kennedy family’s homes went on display at Sotheby’s in New York in preparation for the second sale of property from the estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Sotheby’s is estimating the February 15-17 sale will bring in about $1m (€1.4m). Some lots have pre-sale estimates below €160, but prices could increase sharply as they did in 1996, when a humidor given to US president John F Kennedy by Milton Berle sold for €460,000 and a silver tape measure for €39,000.