Apr 16, 2019 - Sale 2505

Sale 2505 - Lot 118

Price Realized: $ 4,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) Buttre, J.C.; engraver. Beardless Lincoln campaign ribbon. Printed on silk, 6 x 2 inches; light toning deckle edges on sides, minimal wear. New York, [1860]

Additional Details

Buttre's source image was the popular Mathew Brady portrait taken shortly before the Cooper Union address on 27 February 1860. A very nice example of a popular campaign item.