General Historical / Militaria Auction Day 2
By Valkyrie Historical Auctions
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Apr 23, 2023
Mesa, AZ, United States
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LOT 1277:
Lincoln Deathbed Blanket Threads From Peterson Boarding House
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Start price:
$
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Estimated price :
$800 - $1,200
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 7.8%
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Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
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Lincoln Deathbed Blanket Threads From Peterson Boarding House
Lincoln Deathbed Blanket Threads from Peterson Boarding House. CAG Encapsulated.Threads, .625" x .25", taken from the room where Abraham Lincoln died in the Peterson boarding house. Encapsulated by CAG, measuring 2.375'' x 3.375''.The Blue and white threads from a cotton bedspread on which Abraham Lincoln died were owned by Harold Holzer, a prominent Lincolniana collector. Holzer is the author or editor of 52 books, most on Lincoln, and specializes in representations of Lincoln in visual culture. Holzer was senior vice president for public affairs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 1992 - 2015 and served as co-chair of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission from 2000 - 2010.On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
