Sep 30, 2021 - Sale 2580

Sale 2580 - Lot 152

Price Realized: $ 531
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(ABRAHAM LINCOLN.) Assassination issue of the New York Sun. 4 pages, 19 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches, on one folding sheet; 5-inch tear on first leaf not affecting assassination coverage, other minor staining and wear. New York, 15 April 1865

Additional Details

The bold first-page headline reads "Horrible! The President Assassinated! Mr. Seward's Throat Cut and his Son Assaulted." Two very brief dispatches are followed by a detailed story extending for more than a full column. It is followed by General Dix's 1:30 a.m. message. We trace no other examples of the assassination issue of the Sun at auction.