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RE: The Donald P. Dow Collection of Lincolniana Auction (1/24/2015) - Anita - 02-19-2015 02:28 PM
Thanks for the link Gene.
One of the Dow Collection items shown in the Railsplitter article is "A fragment of a letter written by Lincoln to Reverdy Johnson on July 26, 1862 though containing a mere eleven words is, in true Lincolnesque fashion, pregnant with meaning and straight to the point. “I shall not surrender this game leaving any available card unplayed.” $12,500."
So many of Lincoln's letters were cut up and sold as fragments. Did owners make copies before cutting? Where is the rest of the above letter?
RE: The Donald P. Dow Collection of Lincolniana Auction (1/24/2015) - Susan Higginbotham - 03-28-2015 02:23 PM
Items from the collection are now popping up on eBay. After a very stressful minute fending off another bidder, Mary is coming in the mail to me:
![[Image: Mary_zpsc6z9krtb.jpg]](http://s34.photobucket.com/user/Susan_Higginbotham/media/Mary_zpsc6z9krtb.jpg.html)
RE: The Donald P. Dow Collection of Lincolniana Auction (1/24/2015) - Lincoln Wonk - 03-28-2015 03:15 PM
(02-19-2015 02:28 PM)Anita Wrote: Thanks for the link Gene.
One of the Dow Collection items shown in the Railsplitter article is "A fragment of a letter written by Lincoln to Reverdy Johnson on July 26, 1862 though containing a mere eleven words is, in true Lincolnesque fashion, pregnant with meaning and straight to the point. “I shall not surrender this game leaving any available card unplayed.” $12,500."
So many of Lincoln's letters were cut up and sold as fragments. Did owners make copies before cutting? Where is the rest of the above letter?
Wow. Congrats. It's beautiful.
RE: The Donald P. Dow Collection of Lincolniana Auction (1/24/2015) - L Verge - 03-28-2015 09:17 PM
It is beautiful. Is it me, or does she have a touch of sadness around the eyes that you usually do not see in the full-length view? Perhaps because it shows the face more closely?
RE: The Donald P. Dow Collection of Lincolniana Auction (1/24/2015) - RJNorton - 03-29-2015 04:16 AM
Hi Susan. Do you know if this is a lithograph?
RE: The Donald P. Dow Collection of Lincolniana Auction (1/24/2015) - Susan Higginbotham - 03-29-2015 07:51 AM
No idea, unfortunately. It was sold at the Dow auction as part of a lot of carte de visites of Mary, and I didn't see any description of the individual CDVs. There's a two-cent tax stamp on the back of mine.
I've been spending way too much time looking at CDVs on eBay lately (mostly of ordinary people). On the other hand, I did stumble into an original newspaper photograph depicting one of Nora Fitzpatrick's grandsons (he was one of the survivors of a Coast Guard seaplane accident in 1939 that killed several people).
RE: The Donald P. Dow Collection of Lincolniana Auction (1/24/2015) - Houmes - 03-29-2015 08:30 AM
(03-29-2015 04:16 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Hi Susan. Do you know if this is a lithograph?
Yes, it is a lithograph or a similar printing process. It's a variant of the original albumen photograph ML-O9, taken by Brady in 1861. Quite a bit of retouching was performed on this copy, which was also not uncommon in the president's idealized images.
RE: The Donald P. Dow Collection of Lincolniana Auction (1/24/2015) - STS Lincolnite - 03-29-2015 08:33 AM
(03-29-2015 04:16 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Hi Susan. Do you know if this is a lithograph?
To my eye, it does appear to be a lithograph. I found this photo online - it looks like it may be an image from which a lithograph of this type might be made.