Oswald's Coffin Up for Auction

A funeral home is selling off maybe the creepiest piece of Kennedy memorabilia ever: the coffin Lee Harvey Oswald was originally buried in. The coffin was dug up in 1981 to settle a dispute between Oswald’s widow and brother over whether a lookalike Russian agent had been buried in the alleged assassin’s place. Surprisingly enough, one had not. Oswald was reburied in a different coffin.

The simple pine box was badly damaged by water while underground, but it’s expected to draw strong interest from museums and collectors, the Guardian reports. It’ll be sold at an LA auction house on Dec. 16 (just in time for Christmas!), with a starting bid of $1,000.