“We still have one more year under the current millage, but if we are unsuccessful, purchase

“We still have one more year under the current millage, but if we are unsuccessful, purchase of new computer equipment will have to be deferred, and we’ll have to reduce operating hours, library programming and our materials budget.”

Patrick Finan, director of the McKinley Memorial Library in Niles. He says declining revenue from all sources has left the library no choice but to submit a 1.75-mill continuous levy on the Nov. 4 ballot.

“These things have an intense public interest. Because it’s the Kennedys, there’s a passion for collecting these and a passion for the memories. These photos really capture the beginning of Camelot, and that resonates.”

Bobby Livingston, RR Auction’s executive vice president, on the sale of 13 original negatives from John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy’s wedding for $34,073.