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NextImg:JFK’s undies sell at auction for $9,000 — but someone paid a whole lot more for Mark Zuckerberg’s old hoodie

Hail to the Briefs.

A pair of underwear worn by President John F. Kennedy long before his time in the Oval Office has sold at auction in Los Angeles for $9,100.

The ivory cotton snap-fly boxer shorts, featuring a hand-sewn label embroidered with the late leader of the free world’s nickname, Jack, reportedly date back to his stint in the Navy during the 1940s.

A handsewn label reading “Jack Kennedy” can be seen on the vintage shorts. Julienâs Auctions / SWNS

Kennedy famously served as commander of the torpedo boat PT-109 in the Solomon Islands during World War II — barely escaping death after being rammed by a Japanese destroyer.

The presidential pants were featured at Julien’s Auctions’ “Spotlight: History And Technology” earlier this week, SWNS reported.

The auction also included a black Alternative brand hoodie worn “on numerous occasions” by Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg back in 2010 — when the tech titan was named “Person of The Year” by Time Magazine.

While only estimated to sell at around $1,000, a modest bidding war drove the price up to a whopping $15,875.

At the same auction, Mark Zuckerberg’s old hoodie commanded nearly $16,000 — after being estimated at just $1,000. Julienâs Auctions / SWNS

The lucky purchaser received a handwritten note from the Meta macher, reading: “One of my favorite old-school Facebook hoodies. I wore this all the time in the early days. It even has our original mission statement on the inside lining. Enjoy! — Mark Zuckerberg”.

Meanwhile, one of the signature bowties worn by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs snagged an eye-popping $35,750 — thirty-five times above its estimate of $1,000.

Jobs is said to have worn the green Wilkes Bashford brand bow tie with pink stripes to two different photo shoots for a Macintosh computer launch back in 1984, as well as at a conference in Aspen in 1983 and an annual shareholder’s meeting in 1984.

Auctions of celebrity clothing — intimate and otherwise — are far from out of the ordinary.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ signature bow tie sold for a heady $35,750. Julienâs Auctions / SWNS

Former royalty including Queen Elizabeth have had their unmentionables raffled off in recent years, while convicted fraudster Bernie Madoff’s boxers went for $1,700 back in 2010.

“It’s a great Christmas gift to people because it’s not something they would buy for themselves,” said the lucky winner of the latter, at the time.