Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 160

Price Realized: $ 2,470
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(REALIA.) Group of 5 artifacts relating to Lincoln. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, circa 1865-1917

Additional Details

Swatch of fabric from the couch where Lincoln courted Mary Todd in 1842, 1 3/4 inches square, mounted to a certificate of authenticity, #18 of 85 Threads said to be from the bedspread used on Lincoln on his Peterson House deathbed, framed with a photograph of the bed 4-inch piece of ornamental silver fabric in an envelope reading in a period hand "Gimp from the catafalco on which rested the remains of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Ills." Wallet embossed "Riggs National Bank," said to have belonged to Robert Todd Lincoln. 3 x 4 3/4 inches, quite worn Check signed by Robert Todd Lincoln, made out to Tiffany & Co., New York, 4 October 1917.