The Kennedy family may have paused a spirited discussion to take this photo over dinner at Palm Beach, FL. Jack leans into the photo from the rear of the table, seated next to his mother. December 1937.
John F. Kennedy (right, with bandages on his legs) poses holding a snake in Palm Beach, Florida; Rosemary Kennedy (with a bandage on her right knee) stands in back at left. Spring of 1936. Palm Beach, Fla.
KENNEDY PROPERTY FROM THE WINTER WHITE HOUSE, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.
If furniture could talk! This auction was held in January 2016. Furniture from the Kennedy Winter White House was auctioned off. - Wish I would have known!
An Italian Walnut Savonarola Chair. Estimate: $1,000-2,000.
A Pair of Venetian Glass Mirrors. Estimate: $1,000-2,000
An Italian Oak Cassone. Estimate: $3,000-5,000. Max Kennedy, Robert Kennedy’s son desperately loved the Winter White House retreat and used the Cassone as his secret hiding place when he was told it was time to leave the house. The family never knew of this secret hideaway, until Max shared the tale with his Harvard classmate, Mrs. Castle’s son. Placed in the home by Addison Mizner for the original owner, Mr. Wanamaker and remained in the home during the duration of the Kennedy years.
An Italian Painted Hall Bench. Estimate: $3,000-5,000. Placed in the home by Addison Mizner for the original owner, Mr. Wanamaker and remained in the home during the duration of the Kennedy years Located by the door leading out to the pool, it was used as a convenient storage place for pool towels for the Kennedy family and their guests.
A Set of Fourteen Spanish Baroque Style Walnut Dining Chairs. Estimate: $3,000-5,000. Placed in the home by Addison Mizner for the original owner, Mr. Wanamaker and remained in the home during the duration of the Kennedy years. Years later, Mr. Castle ordered two additional chairs made-to-match the original twelve to accommodate two more people at the table.
A Black Metal Steamer Trunk. Estimate: $1,000-2,000
A Coromandel Eight-Panel Floor Screen. Estimate: $2,000-4,000. The floor screen was originally owned by Sir Winston Churchill’s daughter, who hosted Rose and Joseph Kennedy at her English estate. During the visit, Churchill’s daughter complained how cold her home was without central heat. Sitting by the Coromandel screen which Rose admired, Rose offered the fur coat she was wearing in exchange for the screen. The offer was accepted and the deal cemented.
A Louis XV Provincial Style Mahogany Banquet Table. Estimate: $4,000-6,000. The dining room table is where the Kennedy clan enjoyed many meals. The seating arrangement strictly set with Joseph Kennedy, Sr., at the head of the table with Jack and John stationed on either sides of him. Rose sat at the opposite end flanked by Bobby and Teddy and the sisters, and later, the wives, filled in the center. The original length of the table was 18-ft during the Kennedy years and graced by twelve Spanish Baroque Style walnut chairs. Years later, in order to accommodate two more guests at the table, Mr. Castle added an additional leaf for the table along with two made-to-match chairs of the original twelve.
A Jacobean Style Walnut Server. Estimate: $1,500-2,500. Placed in the home by Addison Mizner for the original owner, Mr. Wanamaker and remained in the home during the duration of the Kennedy years.
A Pair of Venetian Style Walnut Twin Beds. Estimate: $3,000-5,000
A Walnut Framed Massage Table. Estimate: $2,000-4,000
