A Presidential Collectible’s Value? Depends on the President

[C. Dianne Zweig Editor's Desk]

BOB CACCHIONE took a bowl of jelly beans with him the first time he went to the White House to meet Ronald Reagan. But before he could deliver his gift, the president’s director of protocol dumped out the jelly beans and left the room. She returned a few minutes later, the bowl now filled with the Jelly Belly brand jelly beans that were President Reagan’s favorite.

“They were the only jelly beans the president would eat,” he said.

Mr. Cacchione, then a senior executive at Cartier, was there to present gifts that President Reagan and his cabinet officials might give on official trips. But as a result of their three in-person meetings, he became a collector of Reagan memorabilia, including the blazer buttons and cuff links Cartier made for him. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/02/your-money/a-presidential-collecti...