美国前总统林肯遗物拍卖超过80万美元-凯发k8官网

 

the donald p. dow collection brought top bids totaling $803,889, doubling expectations, said eric bradley, spokesman for dallas-based heritage ³.

 

greg dow said his father, who died five years ago, was fascinated with presidential ⁵.

 

the lock of hair, taken by surgeon general joseph k. barnes shortly after lincoln was shot by john wilkes booth, sold for $25,000.

 

an 1861 letter written by booth to a friend boasting about his career and value as an actor sold for $30,000.

 

"the public was so disgusted by booth's ⁶ that most all letters, signatures and documents mentioning him were destroyed after lincoln's death, making any that survive 150 years later exceedingly rare and valuable," said don ackerman, ⁷ director for historical americana at heritage auctions. "the dow collection gave us a unique perspective of the ⁴ and i doubt we'll ever see a grouping like this outside of a museum setting."

 

other items ⁸ saturday included:

 

-- a clipping of ⁹ from lincoln's death bed and stained with lincoln's blood, for $6,000.

 

-- an 1864 letter signed by lincoln and ¹⁰ prisoner-of-war ¹¹ involving confederate gen. robert e. lee's son from a union pow camp, for $27,500.

 

-- a display of photographs and autographs from lincoln, booth and boston corbett, the soldier who shot and killed booth -- a set nicknamed "the ¹², the assassin and the ¹³" -- which sold for $30,000.

 

-- a set of four oil paintings created for a ¹⁴ side show displaying the mummified ¹⁵ of a man claimed to be booth, for $30,000.

 

-- booth's military arrest warrant, for $21,250.

 

-- a framed white house funeral admittance card, for $11,875.

 

-- a letter signed by mary todd lincoln on her personal mourning ¹⁶, for $10,625.

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