Deal Unravels After Sale of 'Sniper's Perch' from JFK Assassination

Winning bidder with only six eBay transactions demurs

The window alleged to be the perch Lee Harvey Oswald used to sit above Dealey Plaza on the day he shot President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas 43 years ago was sold at auction on eBay Friday, only to have the transaction voided by an unqualified bidder moments after the sale.

According to the Dallas Morning News, the winning bidder is from the Netherlands, with only six listed transactions on eBay, "the most recent for two packs of artist's color markers." Those are not exactly the kind of bona fides a seller might want from a buyer who posted a winning bid of $3,001,501 a mere 22 seconds before the auction closed.

Caruth Byrd, who is the son of the man who owned the building when JFK was shot on Nov. 22, 1963, told the paper that the window might go back on the block. He said that he spoke to eBay shortly after the deal unraveled, telling the company that the lowest he will take for the historic item (the provenance of which is actually a bit murky) is $2,750,000.

(Pictured: The Dallas County Administration Building as it looks today. Photo from Yahoo News)