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Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction - J. Beckert - 11-13-2012 09:34 PM
http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6083&lotNo=52185&ctrack=2644483&type=histnews-tem111212
RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction - Gene C - 11-13-2012 11:56 PM
Shop and compare....there is usually hair available on ebay at a much cheaper price, but that's a nice locket. (how big a sample of a piece of hair do you realy need?)
This is on ebay, it is an Upper Deck trading card, from their Piece of History - Haircuts collection)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/08-UD-History-ABRAHAM-LINCOLN-Piece-of-Hair-d-2-/290424656264?pt=US_Football&hash=item439ea89188
(maybe they'll throw in a stick of gum or negotiate for an Abner Doubleday rookie card
)
RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction - RJNorton - 11-14-2012 05:57 AM
I love the chapter in David Chambers Mearns' Largely Lincoln titled "The Scalping of Abraham Lincoln."
RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction - J. Beckert - 11-14-2012 09:42 AM
I had a phone conversation with Joseph Garrera one time and he put it this way - there's enough of Lincoln's hair out there to fill a mattress.
RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction - Rsmyth - 11-14-2012 09:51 AM
We have to remember that back then people asked for and collected hair of family members, the departed and the living. Letters were written to the famous asking for a lock. This auction does not say where or when it was cut so it may well have been a renewable resource.
RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction - LincolnMan - 11-14-2012 10:19 AM
So I take it you guys don't believe the claim?
RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction - Rsmyth - 11-14-2012 12:09 PM
What claim? That it is Lincoln's hair? I have no reason not to believe it only saying that it may not be assassination related. It could have been cut while he was alive.
RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction - Laurie Verge - 11-14-2012 12:12 PM
The locket/hair offering seems to have good provenance and a reputable auction house behind it. Maybe everyone on this forum could donate $10 and we can bid on it for Surratt House???
RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction - Gene C - 11-14-2012 01:04 PM
You think there is any dog hair left on the Lincoln sofa they let Fido sleep on?
Is that sofa in the Springfield museum?
RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction - J. Beckert - 11-14-2012 01:17 PM
There's a sofa at Hildene that was in Lincoln's home in Springfield, Gene. I didn't notice any of Fido's hair.
RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction - RJNorton - 11-14-2012 01:19 PM
Joe, do you know if that is the sofa the Lincoln family gave to the Roll family?
RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction - J. Beckert - 11-14-2012 01:44 PM
I don't, Roger. The tour guide made a point of pointing out how "thrifty" Robert was and just said the sofa and some other furniture came from the Lincoln home in Springfield. (You're not supposed to, but I touched it!)
RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction - Rsmyth - 11-14-2012 05:16 PM
Joe, you touched the sofa that Fido slept on? Amazing!
RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction - Laurie Verge - 11-14-2012 06:10 PM
Man, Joe - you're one of those tourists that museum curators fear! I wonder if Abe ever had to sleep on that sofa when Mary kicked him out of the bedroom.
RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction - LincolnMan - 08-16-2014 04:26 PM
It looks like this batch of Lincoln's hair didn't sell?