fORDS THEATER PLAYBILLS

[Carolyn Mitchell]

I found two Ford theatre playbills that recently sold on eBay.

This one sold for $495. DESCRIPTION: Here with glass measuring 6" x 19" is this FORD'S THEATRE broadside for Friday Evening April 14th, 1865 performance when John Wilkes Booth shot / assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. The broadside measuring approx. 5 1/2" x 18 1/2". Research points this to being what is called a "Buckingham reprint" and could date to 1860's or later 1800's. John Buckingham was the door keeper at Ford’s on the night of the assassination as it states in the site below. *** A Reprint, but a Good Early One ***