Lee Harvey Oswald's coffin has brought up some interesting questions in terms of ownership of objects: read in the
New York Times. A few excerpts below.
When the coffin was exhumed, it was too badly damaged to be
reused, and Mr. Baumgardner, who also testified during the trial, kept it in a
storage room in the funeral home for 30 years before putting it up for auction
four years ago, according to news media accounts and court documents. He said
his funeral home became the rightful owner of the coffin because no one else
claimed it, and he believes the coffin should not be destroyed because it is
“part of history.”
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Mr. Oswald, who had gray hair and wore glasses, called the
sale of the coffin “bad taste” in the video and described himself as its
rightful owner. He has also said that he thought the coffin had been destroyed
after the exhumation until he learned of the 2010 sale through the Nate D.
Sanders Inc. auction house.
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