Booth's boot hoax

[Dave Taylor]

I sent Carolyn of the Spirits of Tudor Hall Facebook page an email this morning regarding this picture of Booth's boot but I don't remember the details. Can someone remind me of the story behind this fake boot?

[LincolnMan]

Even a "fake Booth boot story?" Never ceases to amaze...

[Hess1865]

I'm waiting for the fake diary....

[RJNorton]

I have never purchased anything on e-Bay, and I do not really understand how it works from total lack of personal experience.

I looked up this CDV of the boot, and on this page it says the sale is over because the item is no longer available.

However, on this page it appears the item is still for sale.

So is the CDV still for sale or not?

[Dave Taylor]

I believe the one auction ended due to no bids as the seller relisted it.

Well I have a vague memory that we have discussed this boot before but I couldn't find the conversation.

It's clearly not Booth's boot. It does not even look similar to the real boot found at Dr. Mudd's which is now at Ford's Theatre. From my vague memory and the back stamp on the CDV, the boot was in a side show of sorts. I've seen a few of these photos up for sale over the years but I think the Pawn Stars guy is crazy to think he can get $895 for it

[J. Beckert]

I received an e-mail regarding this boot a while ago, but I don't remember from who. Someone in the chain said it wasn't the only fake touted as Booth's boot. There were several others.

[Jim Garrett]

I don't remember the story behind that boot, but that "Booth Boot" was around at the turn of the century. Hey, maybe the boot belonged to David E. George!

[Jim Page]

I don't remember the story behind that boot, but that "Booth Boot" was around at the turn of the century. Hey, maybe the boot belonged to David E. George!

Jim, I'm fairly certain that boot belonged to Nancy Sinatra.

--Jim

[RJNorton]

Jim, I'm fairly certain that boot belonged to Nancy Sinatra.

--Jim

Even with (my soon to be extracted) cataracts I am not convinced, Jim. Please take another look.

[Jim Garrett]

Jim, I'm fairly certain that boot belonged to Nancy Sinatra.

--Jim

Even with (my soon to be extracted) cataracts I am not convinced, Jim. Please take another look.

There's two people on this thread showing their generations.

[Gene C]

Weren't Booth's boots, riding boots?
Nancy's boots "were made for walking"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRkovnss7sg
amazing choreography ?

[Joe Di Cola]

Jim, I'm fairly certain that boot belonged to Nancy Sinatra.

--Jim

Even with (my soon to be extracted) cataracts I am not convinced, Jim. Please take another look.

There's two people on this thread showing their generations.

NEW LYRICS...
"Booth's boots were made for stalking..."

[Jim Page]

You all maybe right, I guess, but maybe there's a strange Nancy Sinatra connection to the assassination that I'm the first to discover.

Ms Sinatra did associate with a Thomas Jones character, though it may be a different one than the one who hid Booth for a while.

--Jim

[LincolnMan]

Jim: who was the "Thomas Jones character" Nancy associated with? There actually is one of those "degrees of separation" things between her and Lincoln. Nancy Sinatra knew and starred with Elvis Presley. Elvis Presley and Abraham Lincoln share an ancestral link.

[Jim Page]

Hey, Bill--

I was thinking of the singer Tom Jones!

--Jim