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Auction Info

Auction Name
Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln
Auction Date
05/21/2025 - 05/21/2025
Sale Number
#6441
Total Lots
144
Sold Lots
138
Lots Sold
95.83%
Unsold Lots
6
Total Sales (USD)
7,967,190.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
3,661,600.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
5,553,100.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
4,001,600.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
6,083,100.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
130.97%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
114

[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. A pair of stained leather gloves carried by President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on the night of his assassination, 14 April 1865.

USD 800,000.00 - 1,200,000.00 USD 1,512,500.00
113

[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. A handkerchief carried by President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on the night of his assassination, 14 April 1865.

USD 100,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 826,000.00
122

$100,000 Reward! The murderer of our late beloved President, Abraham Lincoln, is still at large. 20 April 1865.

1865 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 762,500.00
2 LINCOLN, Abraham

Lincoln's Autograph Sum Book Leaf, signed twice, Pigeon Creek, Spencer County, Indiana, ca. 1824

ca. 1824 USD 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 USD 521,200.00
111

[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. A cuff button worn by President Abraham Lincoln on the night of his assassination at Ford's Theatre, 14 April 1865.

USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 445,000.00
108

Orchestra ticket stub for Our American Cousin, 14 April 1865.

1865 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 381,500.00
55 HESLER, Alexander

Oval Bust Portrait by Alexander Hesler, signed ("A. Lincoln"), ca. 3 June 1860.

1860 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 254,500.00
33 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to Jesse O. Norton, 16 February 1855.

1855 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 229,100.00
8 LINCOLN, Abraham

The Adams Handbill, The Only Known Surviving Copy Of Lincoln's First Printed Work, 5 August 1837.

1837 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 178,300.00
21 LINCOLN, Abraham

The "Bass-Ackwards" Manuscript, Lincoln's Frontier Ribaldry

USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 178,300.00
105 LINCOLN, Abraham

First Printing of Lincoln's Celebrated Second Inaugural Address, 1865.

1865 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 165,600.00
139

Lincoln Family Locks of Hair

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 127,500.00
56 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to Joshua Reed Giddings, 26 June 1860.

1860 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 114,800.00
107

Advance ticket for the April 14, 1865 Performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre.

1865 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 108,450.00
110

[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. A piece of President Abraham Lincoln's coat worn on the night of his assassination at Ford's Theatre, 14 April 1865.

USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 102,100.00
7 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") as Postmaster, to Blair and Rives, 3 November 1835.

1835 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 95,750.00
74

First Official Broadside Printing of The Emancipation Proclamation

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 95,750.00
112

Mose Sandford Autograph Letter signed on the transportation of Lincoln's body to the White House, 17 April 1865.

1865 USD 100,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 89,400.00
121

$30,000 Reward. Description of John Wilkes Booth! ca. 16 April 1865.

1865 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 60,800.00
32 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to Richard Yates, 14 January 1855.

1855 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 57,600.00

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