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Rare Original Gardner CDV Signed by President Lincoln

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:35,000.00 USD Estimated At:70,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD
Rare Original Gardner CDV Signed by President Lincoln
<Our item number 139743><B>Lincoln, Abraham.</B> Original carte-de-visite photograph signed as President, 3½ x 2½ in. Back stamp of Alexander Gardner: &#34;Gardner / Corner 7th & D Sts / Washington / D.C.&#34; The photograph was taken in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, 9 August 1863. Lincoln&#39;s secretary, John Hay, wrote in his diary on this day: &#34;I went down with the President to have his picture taken at Gardner&#39;s. He was in very good spirits.&#34; <BR><BR>President Lincoln is pictured seated, legs crossed, his long coat draped to the floor; he is leaning on a book, holding his glasses in his right hand and a newspaper in the other. Fine; corners are trimmed, deeper toning to image and signature, and a few, tiny, scattered blemishes. <BR><BR><B>This is a virtually unobtainable form of Lincoln&#39;s Presidential autograph</B>. The image is pictured in both Hamilton-Ostendorf and Mellon. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;70,000 - 80,000. <I><BR>Charles Hamilton, Paul Richards, Bruce Gimelson, Priv ate Collection, Bruce Gimelson, Dr. Robert Small, Bruce Gimelson.</I> <BR><BR>Our item number 139743<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/139743.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/139743N2.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/139743N3.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>