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Foundation objects to auction of purported vial of Reagan's blood
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| Last Edited | RP May 22, 2012 11:23am |
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| Author | Alex Dobuzinskis |
| Media | News Service - Reuters |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 05:40:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Ronald Reagan's foundation expressed outrage on Monday at a British company's auction of what it says is a vial of the late U.S. president's blood taken at the hospital where he was treated after a 1981 assassination attempt.
PFC Auctions, a company based in Guernsey in the United Kingdom, announced on Sunday that it would sell the vial of blood in an online auction set to end on Thursday.
The vial was taken at George Washington University Hospital on March 30, 1981, after Reagan was wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C., PFC Auctions said on its website. It is said to have come from a person whose late mother had worked at a medical lab.
The website for PFC Auctions said the latest online bid for the vial stood at 6,270 British pounds ($9,910). A PFC Auctions representative could not be reached for comment. |
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