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

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Auction Name Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln Total Sales (USD) 5,024,634.00
Auction Date May 21, 2025 - May 21, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,443,600.00
Sale Number #6441 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 3,675,100.00
Total Lots 136
Sold Lots 130 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,783,600.00
% of Lots Sold 95.59% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,205,100.00
Unsold Lots 6 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 119.49%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
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
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
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
44 LINCOLN, Abraham

The Doheny Copy of the Lincoln and Douglas Debates, Inscribed by Lincoln.

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 57,600.00
65

Lincoln White House drinking glasses, ca. 23 July 1861.

1861 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 57,600.00
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
6 LINCOLN, Abraham

Lincoln's "National Debt", One of his Earliest Extant Documents, 19 October 1833.

1833 USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 51,200.00
81 LINCOLN, Abraham

Carte-de-visite photograph signed ("A. Lincoln") by Alexander Gardner, 9 August 1863.

1863 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 51,200.00
58

Engraved portrait signed ("A. Lincoln"), 18 February 1861.

1861 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 44,800.00
5 [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865) and William F. BERRY (1811-1835)]. MATHENY, Charles R.

Partially printed document, signed ("C.R. Matheny"). Lincoln's property is seized. 7 May 1834.

1834 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 38,400.00
37 LINCOLN, Abraham

Small archive related to the Bullock Land Transaction, Springfield, Illinois, 1855-1859.

1855-1859. USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 38,400.00
95 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph note signed ("AL") to Mary Todd Lincoln, regarding Tad's toys, 20 May 1864.

1864 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 38,400.00
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