( CNN ) -- On November 25 , 1963 , representatives from more than 90 countries attended the Washington funeral for President John F. Kennedy . Millions watched the somber events on television . On that day , 1,300 miles to the southwest , the man accused of killing him was quietly and simply buried in Fort Worth , Texas . Lee Harvey Oswald 's remains were interred in a simple pine coffin with the help of volunteer pallbearers . The deteriorated coffin , which was replaced after Oswald 's body was exhumed briefly in 1981 , is now up for auction . A Fort Worth mortuary owner is selling the box , which had a bid of $ 5,000 on Wednesday . Also for sale are an Easter card signed by Oswald , a first draft of his death certificate , funeral records , an embalming table used to hold Oswald 's body and assorted mortuary instruments . Bidding ends December 16 , according to Nate D. Sanders Auctions of Los Angeles , California . Another seller is auctioning a patch of seat leather from the limousine that carried Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy through the streets of Dallas , Texas , during the shooting November 22 , 1963 . Funeral director Allen Baumgardner , 68 , who assisted at the original embalming , purchased Miller Funeral Home along with all of its property . `` He felt the time was right to sell , '' said Laura Yntema , auction manager at Nate D. Sanders . `` What strikes me about it is what a simple pine coffin it is , '' she said , adding that the company expects the coffin to go for $ 70,000 to $ 100,000 . Asked about the macabre nature of some of the items , Yntema said `` this is definitely a special situation . '' Collectors look at the items more for their historical value , she said . Oswald was buried one day after nightclub owner Jack Ruby ( born Jack Rubenstein ) fatally shot him at Dallas Police headquarters while he was being transferred to the county jail . The death certificate draft lists `` shot by Jack Rubenstein '' under a section asking how the fatal injury occurred . The name was scratched out because Ruby , who died in 1967 , had not been tried . Another death certificate was officially filed . Yntema said she expects the death certificate to go for $ 10,000 to $ 20,000 . Oswald 's body was exhumed in October 1981 during a fierce legal battle between his widow , Marina , and brother Robert . Conspiracy theories abounded over whether a Soviet agent was actually buried in the grave . Marina Oswald won the dispute , and the coffin was exhumed , according to the auction house . `` As Lee Harvey Oswald 's coffin was lifted , evidence of extensive water damage to the casket was apparent , '' said the company . Pathologists identified the decomposed remains as Oswald 's , and he was reinterred in a new casket and vault . Baumgardner could not be reached for comment Wednesday . Serious collectors and museums are likely those most interested , Yntema said . The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza , site of the assassination , is not interested in the coffin , curator Gary Mack told CNN . `` It does n't really fit what we collect , '' he said . The nonprofit museum is in a building that once housed the famous Texas School Book Depository . Oswald is believed to have fired on Kennedy from an area that is now part of the museum . The museum is focused more on the events of November 22 , 1963 , and has a large collection of films , photos and local news coverage archives , Mack said . Mack related an account of the burial of Oswald at Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park in Fort Worth . Two newsmen from competing news wire services volunteered to serve as pallbearers , he said . The funeral was attended by federal agents , police officers and five family members , according to the Dallas Morning News . Jennie Roberts , a spokeswoman for Service Corp. International , which owns the cemetery , said she could not discuss any details on the grave or visitors because of privacy policies . Visitors are not allowed to take photographs , Roberts said .
The house is selling items related to the assassination . Oswald was assassinated in 1981 , and he was buried in another coffin . The original wooden coffin is being auctioned . Also for sale : Easter card signed by him , leather from Oswald .