Updated: April 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Abraham Lincoln items set for auction (10 images)
By Wade Sheridan
A number of personal items, keepsakes and campaign materials from President Abraham Lincoln are on display at auction house Freeman's | Hindman in New York City on Tuesday. The auction will take place May 21 in Chicago and feature 140 items from the 16th president.
Manuscripts, letters, campaign materials, keepsakes and personal effects from President Abraham Lincoln are on display at a press preview event for "Lincoln's Legacy: Historic Americana From the Life of Abraham Lincoln" at auction house Freeman's | Hindman in New York City on April 1, 2025. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
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A $30,000 reward flyer for the capture of John Wilkes Booth is on display. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
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A fragment of the original marble from Lincoln's burial vault in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
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