Feb 04, 2016 - Sale 2404

Sale 2404 - Lot 174

Price Realized: $ 344
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) Handley, L.B. Commissioner's Sale of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace. Letterpress broadside, 19 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches; edge-mounted in mat, minimal wear. LaRue County, KY, 28 August 1905
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The Kentucky farmstead where Abraham Lincoln spent his first seven years began to attract attention after his death. Alfred Dennett bought the property in 1894, hoping to build a hotel to take advantage of Lincoln's fame. After exhibiting the alleged Lincoln log cabin at various events across the country, Dennett went bankrupt in 1905. This broadside advertises the auction at which the land was sold to representatives of the Lincoln Farm Association; it is now part of the National Park Service.