
Appraisal: 1963 JFK Hospital News Broadcast Script
Clip: Season 29 Episode 1 | 2m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: 1963 JFK Hospital News Broadcast Script
See Darren Winston appraise a 1963 JFK hospital news broadcast script in Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Hour 1.
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Appraisal: 1963 JFK Hospital News Broadcast Script
Clip: Season 29 Episode 1 | 2m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
See Darren Winston appraise a 1963 JFK hospital news broadcast script in Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Hour 1.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: It is a working copy uh...by a journalist named Morgan, and he was at Parkland Hospital when Kennedy was assassinated.
My great aunt worked there as a volunteer, and she was there when they brought the motorcade in.
And it basically just details all the work that was done by the doctors there at Parkland in the emergency room, trying to save President Kennedy.
APPRAISER: And how did it come into her possession?
GUEST: The U.P.I.
reporter, uh, asked her if he could use her typewriter.
He was there several days composing this, and she was so nice to him, he-he left her with this working copy.
They actually brought Lee Harvey Oswald, he was actually treated for his gunshot wounds in the same hospital.
APPRAISER: He refers to the accused assassin.
The assassination was on November 22...
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER:...which was a Friday.
This is the date of the 26, which was a Tuesday.
As you pointed out, the author is somebody called Morgan, and on the top of each page is the same thing we have Newsfront, "Morgan," and the date.
And I suspect that was because if any of the pages came apart, they would know how to put it back together.
There was a nighttime news show in New York at the time called Newsfront.
I'm gonna suspect that this person, Morgan, who as we know, was a man, because of your family story, he was in the hospital writing this in real time.
There would have been what was called a carbon, which is what we have in front of us.
So not only do we have the typing, but we have his edits.
He says here, "emergency at Parkland."
But now it says, "medical team fights to save president."
We have a quote here from one of the doctors.
And he says "there was considerable loss of scalp and bone tissue, both cerebral and cerebellar tissue, were extruding from the wound.
Further examination was not possible, as cardiac arrest occurred at this point.
And this is the part that-- I'm getting goosebumps.
The doctor finishes: "There was electrical silence of the president's heart.
The president is dead."
These seven pages were in that hospital when President Kennedy was there.
They are a witness to history.
At auction, we would estimate it probably around $500 to $750.
GUEST: Well, thank you very much.
APPRAISER: And I don't think the dollar value reflects in any way its value.
It's just the cash value, because I think the historical value, the-the family value, far exceeds that.
Appraisal: 1680 Moses Pitt North Pole Map
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Clip: S29 Ep1 | 4m 8s | Appraisal: 1680 Moses Pitt North Pole Map (4m 8s)
Appraisal: 1878 Napa Valley Wineries Silver-plate Presentation Tray
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Clip: S29 Ep1 | 2m 49s | Appraisal: 1878 Napa Valley Wineries Silver-plate Presentation Tray (2m 49s)
Appraisal: 1926 Rogers Hornsby Sterling Trophy
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Clip: S29 Ep1 | 1m 52s | Appraisal: 1926 Rogers Hornsby Sterling Trophy (1m 52s)
Appraisal: 1947 Max Ernst 'Dangerous Liaisons' Etching
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Clip: S29 Ep1 | 2m 32s | Appraisal: 1947 Max Ernst 'Dangerous Liaisons' Etching (2m 32s)
Appraisal: 1951 & 1925 Signed Baseballs
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Clip: S29 Ep1 | 1m 5s | Appraisal: 1951 & 1925 Signed Baseballs (1m 5s)
Appraisal: 1965 Bjorn Wiinblad 'Autumn' Figure
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Clip: S29 Ep1 | 1m 50s | Appraisal: 1965 Bjorn Wiinblad 'Autumn' Figure (1m 50s)
Appraisal: 1976 Marvel UK 'Super Spider-Man' #175 Cover Art
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Clip: S29 Ep1 | 2m 34s | Appraisal: 1976 Marvel UK 'Super Spider-Man' #175 Cover Art (2m 34s)
Appraisal: Chinese Manchu Semi Formal Silk Surcoat, ca. 1880
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Preview: S29 Ep1 | 4m 14s | Appraisal: Chinese Manchu Semi Formal Silk Surcoat, ca. 1880 (4m 14s)
Appraisal: Clarence Millet Oil Paintings, ca. 1945
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Clip: S29 Ep1 | 3m 10s | Appraisal: Clarence Millet Oil Paintings, ca. 1945 (3m 10s)
Appraisal: French Figural Clock, ca. 1850
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Clip: S29 Ep1 | 3m 4s | Appraisal: French Figural Clock, ca. 1850 (3m 4s)
Appraisal: Magnolia Petroleum Co. Porcelain Sign, ca. 1930
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Clip: S29 Ep1 | 2m 16s | Appraisal: Magnolia Petroleum Co. Porcelain Sign, ca. 1930 (2m 16s)
Appraisal: Marcus & Co. Boulder Opal Gold Ring, ca. 1900
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Clip: S29 Ep1 | 2m 51s | Appraisal: Marcus & Co. Boulder Opal Gold Ring, ca. 1900 (2m 51s)
Appraisal: Patrociño Barela Carving, ca. 1950
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Clip: S29 Ep1 | 2m 24s | Appraisal: Patrociño Barela Carving, ca. 1950 (2m 24s)
Appraisal: Winslow Homer Watercolors, ca. 1878
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Clip: S29 Ep1 | 3m 43s | Appraisal: Winslow Homer Watercolors, ca. 1878 (3m 43s)
Appraisal: Zao Wou-Ki Lithograph, ca. 1960
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Clip: S29 Ep1 | 1m 3s | Appraisal: Zao Wou-Ki Lithograph, ca. 1960 (1m 3s)
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