University Archives Auction 21826

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Auction Date: February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026

Page Size: 385 items in 16 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
59	Lincoln & Stanton	Lincoln & Stanton DS Appointing Assistant Quartermaster of 15th Ohio, With Brevet by Johnson	April 21, 1862	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 11,250.00
60	A. Lincoln	A. Lincoln Appoints Captain Later Mortally Wounded at Battle of Gaines' Mill	August 14, 1861	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 8,750.00
61	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Signs "From the President" and Addresses Envelope - Very Rare Form of Signature	[May 6, 1861?]	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 5,937.50
62	A. Lincoln	A. Lincoln Autograph Letter Sending Demand Notice, 60 Words in His Hand!	May 16, 1850	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 4,375.00
64	Alexander Gardner	Lincoln Conspirator Lewis Powell in Shackles CDV by Alexander Gardner, Rare & Dramatic	ca. 1865	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 5,312.50
65	Henry Rathbone	Henry Rathbone, Guest of the Lincolns at Ford's Theatre, Signs Muster Form in 1864	June 23, 1864	USD 1,500.00 - 2,400.00	USD 5,937.50
66	Boston Corbett	Boston Corbett Quotes Slavery Related Bible Verse, PSA MINT 9	n.d.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,250.00
68	Civil War	Civil War General Orders for Lincoln's Funeral: "In respect...all flags will be kept at half-mast"	April 18, 1865	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,500.00
69		Important Presidential Proclamation for Arrest of Jefferson Davis and Other Confederate Leaders for Murder of Abraham Lincoln	May 2, 1865	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 6,875.00
70		Earliest Known Abraham Lincoln Cabinet Card Photograph as Congressmen-Elect! Extreme Rarity! ex. Harpers Weekly Archives	ca. 1846	USD 900.00 - 1,000.00	USD 20,000.00
71	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Penny Profile Meserve	February 9, 1864	USD 600.00 - 700.00	USD 1,088.00
72	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln for President in 1864! A Soldier's Used Mail-In Ballot from Ohio	November 8, 1864	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 468.75
73		Stereograph of Presidential Box at Ford's Theatre When Abraham Lincoln Was Assassinated	ca. 1890s	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 437.50
75		Early Account of Lincoln Assassination from Philadelphia "True Crime" Publisher	ca. 1865	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 325.00
76		Pennsylvania Man Writes to Sister About Lincoln's Assassination	April 19, 1865	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,000.00
77		War Correspondent Letters Form Biography of John Wilkes Booth from Letters Written Immediately After Lincoln's Assassination	ca. 1865	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 687.50
78		Handbill Announces the Death of John Wilkes Booth with Patriotic Song	ca. April 1865	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,000.00
79		Scrapbook on the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln	ca. 1865, 1897, 1902	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 531.25
80	W. T. Sherman	W. T. Sherman Important Order Announcing Assassination of Abraham Lincoln	April 17, 1865	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 2,000.00
81		Early Account of the Trial of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators from Philadelphia	ca. 1865	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 750.00
82		Scarce Copy of The Play Bill Addresses the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln	April 21, 1865	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 544.00
83	Pennsylvania Soldier	Pennsylvania Soldier Writes of Seeing President Lincoln in Poignant Letter	May 24-25, 1862	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 468.75
84		CDV of "The Assassin's Vision" by Francis Hacker	ca. 1865	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 256.00
85		Composite CDV of John Wilkes Booth & Other Lincoln Conspirators	ca. 1865	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 750.00
86		Chicago Young Men's Association Eulogizes Abraham Lincoln	ca. April 1865	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 562.50

University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 21826, Wilton

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