Treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln were on the auction block Wednesday, separated from a collection that was intended to be available for public display forever but wound up ...

A “wanted” poster featuring photos of three suspects in the assassination conspiracy ... the auction presented about 144 historical items telling the story of Abraham Lincoln, of which 136 were sold.

On library shelves the multi-volumed biographies by Nicolay and Hay, Sandburg, and Randall and Current stand cover to cover with *Lincoln Never Smoked a Cigarette* and *Abraham Lincoln on the Coming ...

An auction of the personal belongings of President Abraham Lincoln featured ... Another item that was found in Lincoln's possession the night of his assassination was a handkerchief — which ...

"Assassination of President Lincoln. The President Shot at the Theatre Last Evening. Secretary Seward Daggered in His Bed But Not Mortally Wounded." In the day, "assassination" meant a surprise ...

Items that President Abraham Lincoln had the night he was assassinated ... his coat pocket at Ford’s Theatre on the night of his assassination. The gloves were appraised at as much as ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—With the country on the cusp of healing after the Civil War, the sudden assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 stands as one of the most significant and haunting events in American ...

(AP) — Treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln were on the auction ... featuring photos of three suspects in the assassination conspiracy, led by John Wilkes Booth, sold ...

A portrait of Abraham Lincoln, which was signed by him and ... A “Wanted” poster featuring photos of three suspects in the assassination conspiracy, led by John Wilkes Booth, sold for $762,500 ...