Lincoln Assassination Newspapers

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I have been collecting Lincoln assassination newspapers for over 50 years. I have also been a historic newspaper dealer and bought, sold, or brokered in excess of one million historic newspapers. Currently I have in excess of 200 original Lincoln assassination newspapers – Both Union and confederate. In that same time I have been setting aside reprints of the April 15, 1865 New York Herald as I came across them. In 1992 I self-published “An Atlas of Known April 15, 1865 New York Herald Reprints.” In that work, all pages of 17 different reprint versions were shown. With concentrated efforts in 2015 I contacted a few major institutions and have now discovered 48 different/variants of this edition. My online version of the current atlas that shows all pages of 45 different variants. Also included in this online atlas is background information about the reprints – who published, when, how many pages, etc. The URL for my online Atlas is: http://www.historyreference.org/newspape...ssination/

An average of three April 15, 1865 New York Herald's are listed on eBay EVERY WEEK – that's over 150 per year. Almost all of these listings claim there’s is an “authentic,” “original,” or “genuine” edition. In the 15 years I have been conducting weekly searches for “April 15, 1865 New York Herald.” There have been approximately 2,250 listings for this edition on eBay and ONLY TWICE the listings were actually original editions! Also, since I have been going to estate sales and auctions for over 20 years, I have seen a few hundred of these editions offered – NOT ONE OF THEM were originals!! Over 95% of these reprints were produced over 100 years ago so they LOOK OLD, Looking old does not necessarily mean it is an original. Buyer beware – Collector value for these reprint editions is $10-$20 depending on condition.

If you have a Lincoln-related Web site or know someone that does, please have them add a link to my online atlas.

Rick Brown'
http://www.historyreference.org
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