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The Donald P. Dow Collection of Lincolniana Auction (1/24/2015)
02-19-2015, 02:28 PM
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RE: The Donald P. Dow Collection of Lincolniana Auction (1/24/2015)
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?
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03-28-2015, 02:23 PM
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RE: The Donald P. Dow Collection of Lincolniana Auction (1/24/2015)
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:

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03-28-2015, 03:15 PM
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(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.
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03-28-2015, 09:17 PM
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RE: The Donald P. Dow Collection of Lincolniana Auction (1/24/2015)
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?
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03-29-2015, 04:16 AM
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Hi Susan. Do you know if this is a lithograph?
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03-29-2015, 07:51 AM
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RE: The Donald P. Dow Collection of Lincolniana Auction (1/24/2015)
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).
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03-29-2015, 08:30 AM
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RE: The Donald P. Dow Collection of Lincolniana Auction (1/24/2015)
(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.
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03-29-2015, 08:33 AM
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RE: The Donald P. Dow Collection of Lincolniana Auction (1/24/2015)
(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.


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