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Ultimate Lincoln Collection |
Although the items below are being offered on eBay only as a collection, we do have a some individual Lincoln-related items for sale at prices starting as low as $100. Click here for details.
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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates—A True First Edition
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Book. Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois, Columbus, Ohio, Follett, Foster, and Co., 1860. “Sam Bradley 1860” in ink on free front endpaper. First edition, first issue, 268 pp., 6½ x 9½ in.
Item #22074, $4,200
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Lincoln as Baseball Champion in The National Game by Currier and Ives
[BASEBALL; ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Lithograph (attributed to Louis Maurer). The National Game. Three ‘Outs’ and One ‘Run.’ Abraham Winning the Ball. New York, N.Y.: Currier & Ives, 1860. 16 x 11 ¾ in.
From the year baseball stepped forward as the national sport: Lincoln, the ‘Rail Splitter,’ is depicted as a victorious player, with candidates Bell, Douglas and Breckinridge looking on. This not only is the first identified reference of baseball as the “national game,” but also can be considered the start of the tradition of sports metaphors in American politics.
Item #22627, $13,500
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Lincoln Shrewdly Plots to Stop the Spread of Slavery after the Infamous Dred Scott Case
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Autograph Letter Signed (“A. Lincoln”) to Richard Yates, Springfield, Ill., March 9, 1858. 2 pp. 8 x 10”.
A politically re-energized Lincoln shrewdly plots to stop the spread of slavery after the infamous 1857 Dred Scott case.
Lincoln asks Illinois’s future governor to plant an anonymous endorsement for Congressional candidate James Matheny in local newspapers. Though Matheny was not a Republican, Lincoln explains, “he is with us” in opposing the Dred Scott decision. Broadening the base of the Republican Party, Lincoln argues, is essential to defeating pro-slavery forces.
Item #21945.99, PRICE ON REQUEST
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The Gettysburg Address—First Day of Printing, New York
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN]. GETTYSBURG ADDRESS,
Newspaper, The World, New York, November 20, 1863. 8 pp., 15 3/8 x 23 in.
“…It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the refinished work that they have thus so far nobly carried on….
A rare first day of publication newspaper, with Lincoln’s timeless embodiment of American ideals prominently placed.This printing from November 20, the day after the Address, contains Lincoln’s speech on the front page. This original issue also includes Edward Everett’s speech, a report on the ceremonies, and a map of the “Great National Soldiers’ Cemetery at Gettysburg.”
Item #22381, $12,500
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Lincoln Pushes for Arkansas Without Slavery
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Autograph Letter Signed as President, to Frederick Steele. Washington, D.C., January 27, 1864. 1 p., 7¾ x 9¾ in. On Executive Mansion stationery.
After announcing his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction on December 8, 1863, Lincoln paid close attention to two Arkansas groups both aiming for reunion. Here, the president is concerned about potential conflicts with his plan, but in the end, both plans coincided in the key detail of ending slavery.
Item #22722, PRICE ON REQUEST
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Lincoln Signs to Support Union Soldiers
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Autograph Letter Signed as President, to Lucy Southwick French. Washington, D.C., May 16, 1864. 1 p., 5 x 8 in. On Executive Mansion stationery.
To raise money for Union soldiers, the former Illinois First Lady requests an autograph for the sanitary fair to sell.
Item #22821, $37,500
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Lincoln Portrait by Currier & Ives
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Currier & Ives. Lithograph, New York, 1865. In 24 x 29 in. hand-gilt frame.
Item #20323, $3,500
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Frederick Douglass’s Plural Vision of America
FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
Autograph Quotation Signed. [Washington, D.C., February 24, 1882]. 1 p., 5 x 8 in. With original envelope addressed to William F. Gable, Reading, Pa., stamped and postmarked Washington, D.C.
The nation’s foremost African American voice articulates his clear view of equality in the United States, quoted from his own 1852 address to a Free Soil meeting.
Item #23038, $35,000
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Lincoln Tells Fellow Lawyer Hezekiah Wead to Get Ready for Trial
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Autograph Letter Signed, to Hezekiah M. Wead. Springfield, Illinois, December 6, 1846. 1 p. Integral address leaf in Lincoln’s hand.
Item #22603, $18,000
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Lincoln Pardons an Arsonist to Help His Aging Mother
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Manuscript Document Signed as President, countersigned by William Seward as Secretary of State. Executive Pardon, Washington, D.C., October 12, 1861. 3 pp., 10½ x 16½ in. With embossed paper seal affixed with red wax on verso of signature page; Seal of the United States on signature page.
“Robert Binnix was young and inexperienced at the time when he committed these offenses, and ...was affectionate to his mother and assisted her to maintain his younger brothers and sisters; And ...she can no longer properly provide for without the assistance of her son Robert...I Abraham Lincoln ...have granted and do hereby grant...a full and unconditional pardon.”
Item #51039, PRICE ON REQUEST
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