Freeman's | Hindman: Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln, 6441, Chicago

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Auction Report
Auction Date
May 21, 2025 - May 21, 2025
Page Size: 144 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph note signed ("A. Lincoln"), calling on Hanson Risley, 17 October 1864.

1864 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 9,600.00
102 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph note signed ("A. Lincoln") to B.B. French, 9 November 1864.

1864 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,040.00
103 HOWS, John William Stanho

Mary Todd Lincoln's Copy of Golden Leaves from the American Poets.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,200.00
104 LINCOLN, Mary Todd

Mary Todd Lincoln Invites Hannibal Hamlin to the White House, 13 February 1865.

1865 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,080.00
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
106

An invitation and menu to the National Inauguration Ball, Washington, D.C., 6 March 1865.

1865 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,480.00
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
108

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

1865 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 381,500.00
109

[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. An ebonized wooden chair purportedly used at Ford's Theatre during the performance of Our American Cousin, 14 April 1865.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 15,360.00
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
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
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
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
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
115

"The National Calamity" State Journal Extra, April 15, 1865

1865 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,120.00
116 DAGGETT, Albert J.

[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. DAGGETT, Albert J. Autograph letter, signed ("Dag") to Miss Julie Trumen. Washington, D.C., 10 AM, 15 April 1865.

1865 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 24,320.00
117 NICHOLS, William A.

U.S. War Dept. General Orders, No. 69, 17 April 1865.

1865 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,152.00
118

Order of the Procession, 19 April 1865.

1865 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,304.00
119

Printed Admission Ticket for Lincoln's Funeral

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,960.00
120 BOOTH, John Wilkes

Autograph manuscript, signed ("J. Wilkes Booth"), 18 February 1860. [Inscribed in a Forget-Me-Not Album].

1860 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 25,600.00
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
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
123 TOWNSEND, Edward Davis

Autograph letter signed ("E.D. Townsend"), and signed invitation for Embalmer Charles D. Brown, 20 April 1865.

1865 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 57,600.00
124

Photograph of "Nashville" locomotive engine that conveyed Lincoln's body, ca. 1865.

ca. 1865. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 5,440.00
125

Pink marble fragment from the table top that purportedly supported Lincoln's coffin on his funeral train, ca. 21 April 1865.

1865 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 7,680.00
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