EXCEPTIONAL "ABRAHAM LINCOLN" OVAL 'COOPER UNION' FERROTYPE BADGE.
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Winning Bid:
$4,248.00 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
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Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #229 Part I
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Item Description
1x1.5". Similar to DeWitt/Sullivan AL-1860-132a, but here utilizing Lincoln portrait #2 w/name above. Missing pin on reverse but frame retains sharp details and nice luster. Ferro. has only light surface wear devoid of missing emulsion or bubbling under magnification. Displaying Exc. Mathew Brady photographed Lincoln Feb 27, 1860 the day he addressed "The Young Men's Central Republican Union" at Cooper Union Institute in New York City. The future President was still relatively unknown and would not receive the Republican nomination for nearly three months. Lincoln's speech that day, arguing against the spread of slavery to Western territories, catapulted him into the national spotlight and the dissemination of this "Cooper Union" portrait played a significant role in his political rise.
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