Ronald Reagan blood vial auction cancelled

The decision not to sell the controversial item was praised by the Ronald
Reagan Presidential Foundation in California, which had earlier announced
plans to try to stop the sale through legal means.

“We are very pleased with this outcome and wish to thank the consignor
and PFC Auctions for their assistance in this matter,” said John
Heubusch, executive director of the foundation. He added that he was pleased
the late president’s blood will be kept “out of public hands.”

In its statement, the auction house, which is based in the Channel Islands
between England and France, revealed new details about the aborted sale.

It said the seller had purchased the item at a public auction in the United
States earlier this year for $3,550. It quoted the seller as saying he was a
serious collector of presidential memorabilia who had donated to museums in
the past.

“I would personally be delighted to see this important artifact put on
public display by the Foundation,” the seller said.

Reagan required emergency surgery after he was shot by John Hinckley Jr.
outside the Washington Hilton Hotel shortly after speaking to labor union
officials on March 30, 1981. Hinckley fired six shots at the president from
close range. All six missed, but one bullet ricocheted and hit Reagan.

The president was wounded just two months after taking office. He suffered a
punctured lung and severe internal bleeding that required life-saving
surgery.

His popular press secretary, James Brady, was left paralysed after being shot.
Two people protecting Reagan also were wounded.

Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity. He remains in a
psychiatric facility in the Washington area but has been allowed to spend
some time outside the facility with his family.

Source: AP

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