Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction

[J. Beckert]

http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleN...-tem111212

[Gene C]

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-AB...439ea89188

(maybe they'll throw in a stick of gum or negotiate for an Abner Doubleday rookie card )

[RJNorton]

I love the chapter in David Chambers Mearns' Largely Lincoln titled "The Scalping of Abraham Lincoln."

[J. Beckert]

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.

[Rsmyth]

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.

[LincolnMan]

So I take it you guys don't believe the claim?

[Rsmyth]

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.

[Laurie Verge]

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???

[Gene C]

You think there is any dog hair left on the Lincoln sofa they let Fido sleep on?
Is that sofa in the Springfield museum?

[J. Beckert]

There's a sofa at Hildene that was in Lincoln's home in Springfield, Gene. I didn't notice any of Fido's hair.

[RJNorton]

Joe, do you know if that is the sofa the Lincoln family gave to the Roll family?

[J. Beckert]

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!)

[Rsmyth]

Joe, you touched the sofa that Fido slept on? Amazing!

[Laurie Verge]

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.

[LincolnMan]

It looks like this batch of Lincoln's hair didn't sell?