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Abraham Lincoln Owned Glass Decanter

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:10,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
Abraham Lincoln Owned Glass Decanter

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Auction Date:2014 Jan 30 @ 17:00 (UTC-08:00 : PST/AKDT)
Location:11901 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 555, Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
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Abraham Lincoln personally owned decanter. Glass decanter features a Greek key motif and faceted stopper. With a 1948 LOA from Walter T. Dwight, whose family lived in the same Illinois neighborhood where Lincoln's widow resided; when he was a child his father purchased the decanter at Mary Todd Lincoln's auction of the late president's personal effects. Accompanied by a copy of a classified ad from the 11 June 1867 edition of the ''Chicago Tribune'', advertising the ''Second Sale of Mrs. Lincoln's Furniture'', held by Wm. A. Dutters & Co. Auctioneers at 375 W. Washington St. The ad specifies ''cut glassware'' as included in the auction. Also with a COA from University Archives.