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Lot 132
[Reagan, Reagan] A Piece of the 1934 Oval Office Floor. A 1" x 2" piece of cork from the Oval Office floor President Franklin D. Roosevelt had installed in 1934 when he moved the Oval Office to its present location. It survived through the administrations of FDR, Truman, Eisenhower (who was an avid golfer and used to put his cleats on in the Oval Office and walk out to the Rose Garden to practice putting), Kennedy and Johnson. In 1969, LBJ decided to have it replaced with a wood grain designed linoleum, which was in place until the early 1980s when beautiful wood flooring was donated to the White House and installed during the Reagan presidency. It was then that a White House staffer remembered that some of the original cork floor had been saved in storage because of the historical significance of so many Presidents and other heads of state having walked on it.
A limited number of pieces of the cork were encased in Lucite with etched writing and signature of Ronald Reagan, explaining the history of the cork. The lucite case is displayed in a very special navy blue leather box with the Presidential Seal etched in gold on the front and a handsome presidentia blue screen print on white satin of the exterior of the Oval Office on the inside.
There was a limited number of these special gifts, and they were given out by President Reagan to a few senior staff people and special friends of the President.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500.
From a former member of the Reagan administration.
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