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Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin 1860 Election Jugate Sold

The 1860 presidential election was a momentous time in American history when Americans were very polarized due to disagreements in issues such such as state’s rights and slavery. Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln defeated democratic candidate and former U.S. Vice President John C. Breckinridge. Lincoln won the electoral college votes by a huge margin, securing 180 out of 303 votes, but did not receive any electoral college votes from southern states.

We sold an Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin 1860 election jugate at auction for $3,738. Please se below for details.

Rare Abraham Lincoln & Hannibal Hamlin 1860 Election Jugate — Leading Up to Their Victorious Win Which Set the Stage for the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin very scarce 1860 election jugate, depicting each candidate in side-by-side portrait engravings. Political jugates of the Republican nominees were distributed during the tumultuous days leading up to the election of 1860, as Americans wrestled with slavery and wondered how a new Administration would affect it. Portrait engravings of the candidates are printed on a card published by Henry F. Granger & Co. of Boston, Massachusetts. Jugate reads: “Republican Nominees. 1860.” With Lincoln and Hamlin’s portraits depicted as “President” and “Vice President” and “Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois” and “Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine” additionally printed. Jugate, measuring 4.25″ x 3.25″, has minor foxing and toning throughout, with each portrait faded and with a very tiny tear along bottom edge. Very good condition. Sold for $3,738.

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The Scarcest of 19th Century Campaign Banners Hand-Colored by Currier and Ives — The John Bell and Edward Everett Jugate Banner Broadside for the 1860 Presidential Election

Scarce campaign broadside for John Bell and Edward Everett, the candidates for the Constitutional Union party in the 1860 Presidential campaign. Lithograph is the scarcest of 19th century Currier and Ives broadsides, hand-colored by the storied print makers, and with full margins not usually found on this broadside. Strong unionists who believed that slavery was protected by the U.S. Constitution, the candidacy of Bell and Everett split the southern vote, effectively giving the election to Abraham Lincoln. Their campaign banner reads at top, “Liberty and Union Now and Forever One and Inseparable / No North, No South, No East, No West, Nothing But the Union”. With Currier and Ives copyright in 1860 at bottom, which also reads, “Grand National Union Banner for 1860 / The Candidates and Their Platform”. The candidates’ names of John Bell, of Tennessee and Edward Everett of Massachusetts are also featured in the banner. Broadside is hand-colored by Currier and Ives, with unfaded rich, dark colors. Lithograph measures 13.5″ x 18″, with original borders. Expert restoration including rice paper backing, though no restoration to the coloring except to a small spot of scuffing just below the tassels between the red velvet curtains. Some foxing to margins. Overall in very good to near fine condition. Sold for $12,600.

1860 Campaign Portrait Flag Banner for Stephen Douglas — One of Less Than 10 Known Examples

Important remembrance from the most consequential Presidential election in U.S. history, the 1860 contest pitting Democrat Stephen Douglas against Republican Abraham Lincoln. This portrait flag banner, the most collectible banner, features Douglas at top left, center in the star portion of the flag with “FOR PRESIDENT, / STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, / VICE PRESIDENT, / HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON” printed upon the stripe portion of the flag. Banner measures 13″ x 8″. Small amount of creasing at lower right, otherwise near fine condition. An excellent example of this banner, one of less than ten known to still exist. Sold for $9,975.

Abraham Lincoln 1860 Campaign Ribbon With the Desirable “Cooper Union” Photographic Portrait

Abraham Lincoln campaign ribbon for the 1860 presidential election, featuring his photographic portrait taken by Mathew Brady during the session at Cooper Union, where Lincoln delivered the speech that catapulted him to national prominence. This ribbon is among the most desirable of Lincoln campaign mementos, also bearing Lincoln’s printed signature at bottom. Ribbon measures 2.5″ x 7.25″. Some soiling at edges and a few small spots of foxing, but Lincoln’s image is nearly defect free. Very good condition. Sold for $2,375.

Hand-Colored Campaign Banner for the 1852 Whig Presidential Ticket — Featuring War Veteran Winfield Scott, Lithographed by Nathaniel Currier

1852 Presidential campaign banner entitled “Grand, National, Whig Banner”, featuring the jugate portraits of Presidential candidate Winfield Scott and his running mate William Graham. Lithograph printed by famed lithographer Nathaniel Currier is hand-colored in hues of yellow, blue, green and burgundy, reading “The People’s Choice for President & Vice President From 1853 to 1857″. The Scott-Graham ticket was the last from the Whig Party, which formed in contrast to Andrew Jackson’s policy of Indian removal and also in opposition to slavery. Lithograph measures 10″ x 14”. Uniform toning, light amount of dampstaining to right edge and small areas of foxing. Overall in very good condition with bright, bold colors. Sold for $1,250.

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