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John Surratt's CDV
06-09-2015, 11:00 PM
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John Surratt's CDV
A CDV of John Surratt in his "Canada jacket" sold tonight on eBay for $615. I was following the auction in hopes that all of the bidders might magically turn their attention elsewhere, but the price climbed way too high for little me.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/111685988497?_tr...EBIDX%3AIT
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06-10-2015, 05:50 AM
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RE: John Surratt's CDV
Very nice image!

I remember back in the day (about 40-35 years ago) when you could take your pick of JWB CDV's (and ANY of the Conspirators) from $8.00. JWB usually went from about $8.00 to $25.00 and some of the rarer conspirator images (Lew Powell for example) went for about $250.00 to $300.00.... those days are LONG gone!

"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley
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06-10-2015, 07:43 AM
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Prices for any Civil War CDV's are Long Gone!
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06-10-2015, 06:51 PM
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I wonder when John Surratt posed for the photograph?

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06-10-2015, 08:05 PM
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He began posing and selling his photos shortly after his trial, I believe, in order to make some money. I suspect the money was used to fund his soon-to-be trip to South America -- where he was when the body of his mother was re-interred in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in 1869.
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06-11-2015, 12:12 PM
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RE: John Surratt's CDV
Thanks Laurie.

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