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Sell Your 1864 Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation for up to $550,000 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions

FREE APPRAISAL.  To appraise, auction, buy, consign or sell your Leyland-Boker 1864 Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation that is for sale for up to $550,000 or more, please email [email protected] or contact Nate D. Sanders at (310) 440-2982. We will also grant you a high reserve which no other auction house will let you do.

Sell Your Leyland-Boker Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation

Here is an 1864 Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation actual price realized and we can get up to this price for you or more at our Nate D. Sanders Auction House. Please phone or email [email protected] to appraise, auction, buy, consign or sell your original Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation:

An original Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation, Philadelphia, circa June 1864, Leyland-Boker “Authorized Edition” – One of 48 sold for almost $550,000

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A Presidential Visionary With Vision Problems

At Nate D. Sanders Auctions we sold the following Abraham Lincoln item:

Abraham Lincoln Memorabilia — Personally Owned and Worn Spectacles — With Provenance From Lincoln’s Family

1864 Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation

Abraham Lincoln Memorabilia — Personally Owned and Worn Spectacles — With Provenance From Lincoln’s Family

Honest Abe had Strabismus, a visual problem in which the eyes are not aligned properly and point in different directions, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, which notes, “Lincoln’s left eye tended to roll upward, especially when he was tired or excited. News reports of his fiery 1860 presidential election debates with Stephen Douglas describe Lincoln’s eye as ‘rolling wildly’ as he spoke.”

In the famous photo above, we see Lincoln holding the spectacles while posing. Taken 5 February 1865, this “Picturing America” report, describes Lincoln’s current sentiment succinctly — “What draws and holds our attention is Lincoln’s expression, which the poet Walt Whitman described as ‘a deep latent sadness.’ At the time this picture was taken, Lincoln had weathered the worst of the war and almost succeeded in his fight to preserve the Union, yet he was painfully aware how much that cause had cost the nation.”

The spectacles have excellent provenance from Lincoln’s great grandson, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, with a letter included reading in part, “…were found two pair of eye glasses which had belonged to my great grandfather President Abraham Lincoln, and so marked by my grandmother Mary Harlan Lincoln…”

1864 Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation

 

Also included is a signed letter from a board-certified optician attesting to the prescription of the glasses as +2.12, a match to Lincoln’s known prescription strength in the 2.00 range. Sold for $84,422.

1864 Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation

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NO OBLIGATION, FREE ESTIMATE.  To appraise, auction, buy, consign or sell your Leyland-Boker 1864 Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation that is for sale for up to $550,000 or more, please email [email protected] or contact Nate D. Sanders at (310) 440-2982. We will also grant you a high reserve which no other auction house will let you do.

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