[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. A strand of hair attributed to Abraham Lincoln and wood fragments from the scaffold used in the execution of the Lincoln conspirators
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$500 -
$700
Sold for $313
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. A strand of hair attributed to Abraham Lincoln and wood fragments from the scaffold used in the execution of the Lincoln conspirators
secured as a souvenir by a soldier acting as a guard serving in the 1st US Veteran Volunteers.
8 x 6 in. display containing: 1 strand of hair attributed as Abraham Lincoln's, approx. 1/2 in. long [left]. -- 1865 3 cent piece [center]. -- 1/2 x 1/2 in. wooden fragment from the scaffold used in the execution of the Lincoln conspirators, kept by a soldier acting as a guard serving in the 1st United States Veteran Volunteers [right]. With copy of image showing the hanging of Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt in the yard of the Old Arsenal Penitentiary in Washington, DC, on 7 July 1865, and typed descriptive label furnished by Carroll J. Delery III.
[With:] Multiple fragments of wood housed in plastic bags with modern notations, presumably in the hand of Carroll J. Delery III, attributing the wood as relic wood taken from the scaffold used to execute the Lincoln conspirators, acquired by the same guard from the 1st US Veteran Volunteers.
No further documentation or certificate of authenticity accompanies the lot.
8 x 6 in. display containing: 1 strand of hair attributed as Abraham Lincoln's, approx. 1/2 in. long [left]. -- 1865 3 cent piece [center]. -- 1/2 x 1/2 in. wooden fragment from the scaffold used in the execution of the Lincoln conspirators, kept by a soldier acting as a guard serving in the 1st United States Veteran Volunteers [right]. With copy of image showing the hanging of Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt in the yard of the Old Arsenal Penitentiary in Washington, DC, on 7 July 1865, and typed descriptive label furnished by Carroll J. Delery III.
[With:] Multiple fragments of wood housed in plastic bags with modern notations, presumably in the hand of Carroll J. Delery III, attributing the wood as relic wood taken from the scaffold used to execute the Lincoln conspirators, acquired by the same guard from the 1st US Veteran Volunteers.
No further documentation or certificate of authenticity accompanies the lot.
Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the “Historical Shop”
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