LOT Old Heritage Auctions  /  2006 October Grand Format Autographs #629  / 

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19th Century Stars of the Stage

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
19th Century Stars of the Stage
<B>19th Century Stars of the Stage Autograph Collection.</B></I> Stars still lit by the glamor of fame after as long as 150 years, this collection boasts items such as: an autograph of P.T. Barnum with a 1878 admission ticket to the "Greatest Show on Earth"; an ALS of Jenny Lind "the Swedish Nightingale"; a Martina Johnstone ALS; a Tom Taylor ALS; a Joe Jefferson ALS; a Charles Cushman ALS; a Junius Booth ALS; an Edwin Forrest ALS and playbill from 1862 and, saving the most interesting for last, an autograph and photo of Edwin Booth. Edwin's younger brother John Wilkes Booth was the assassin of Abraham Lincoln. Interestingly, Edwin Booth saved Lincoln's son, Robert, from injury or death by pulling him up onto a train platform after he had fallen. All items are in fine condition <I>From the Henry E. Luhrs Collection.</B></I>
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