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Extremely Rare Signed Photos of Abraham Lincoln and His Assassin John Wilkes Booth Sell at Auction

PetaPixel·Pesala Bandara·24 days ago
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An 1863 signed photo of President Abraham Lincoln (left) sold for $139,200 while a signed 1862 photo of John Wilkes Booth (right) who assassinated him sold for $107,950 | Swann Galleries An extremely rare collection of signed photographs of American historical figures including President Abraham Lincoln and even his assassin John Wilkes Booth were sold at auction for over $100,000 each. Swann Galleries’ sale of “Important Signed Photographs from a California Family Collection” auction was held on Thursday (May 7). The sale included a signed photograph of Theodore Roosevelt and his entire cabinet in 1907, as well as signed photographs of Martin Luther King, Jr., Babe Ruth, Thomas Edison, and Mark Twain. An 1861 photograph of President Abraham Lincoln signed ‘Yours truly A. Lincoln’ sold for $101,600 | Swann Galleries Two signed photographs of President Lincoln sold upwards of $100,000 each — while an uncommon, signed photograph of his assassin Booth also sold for over $107,000.…

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