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Dateline: February 4, 2009 ... Yonkers, NY
Contact: Bob Snyder
Phone: (914) 476-8500
Fax: (914) 476-8573
E-Mail: info@cohascodpc.com
Web Address 1: http://cohascodpc.com
Web Address 2: http://dpc.nu
YONKERS, NY - FEBRUARY 4, 2009 - The set of three lamps by which the
young Abraham Lincoln read and studied, and which illuminated his 1842
wedding to Mary Todd, will be sold at auction on February 25, 2009.
This is only the third appearance of these iconic bronze and crystal
lamps on the market in some 166 years. For decades, they were
displayed at the Lincoln Homestead in Springfield, Illinois, and were
seen by millions. The pre-sale estimate for the trio is ,000-
,000.
Also to be sold is the original handwritten letter ordering the
Springfield cemetery to stand by for arrival of Lincoln's body, April
26, 1865 (,500-,000). Over 500 other lots of
collectibles in the auction include:
- Slaves offered as intact families, in an 1850's poster
(,750-,500).
- Very rare letter of Emma Lazarus, the poet who wrote the
immortal words at the base of the Statue of Liberty (,000-
,500).
- When America had 789 different models of Automobiles. An
automobile archive of nearly one thousand official documents,
each with the identifying marque of a different bygone car,
truck or bus. These are the "birth certificates" for GM's
doomed Oakland, Oldsmobile and Viking cars, the first Chrysler
of 1924, old time Fords, 1930 Checker Cab, Duesenberg,
Lincoln, Rolls-Royce, Studebaker, Tucker and many more. The
now-unique documents reflect the golden era of an industry
that once had hundreds of American auto manufacturers, from
Aerocar to Wizard - far from the Big Three struggling today
(total of 919 items, estimate ,000-,000).
- The handwritten journal of a plantation overseer during the
Civil War, part of a major collection of rare letters and
documents on life in the old South (over 110 items, ,000-
,000).
- Rare complete sheet of 100 labels sold to raise funds for
the Scottsboro Boys, the nine blacks falsely accused in 1931.
The case attracted international attention, and is regarded as
an early cornerstone of the civil rights movement. All were
found innocent; it took twenty years for one of the defendants
to gain his freedom (0-0).
In a historical coincidence, just two weeks before Lincoln was killed,
the auction house's Yonkers building was rented by one of the Lincoln
assassination conspirators. In a lesser-known parallel plot, the
saloon-keeper "Snevel" vanished, was caught by the Secret Service, and
brought before Congress to testify.
There are many other unusual, historical items in thirty-four
categories.
Contact Information:
Bob Snyder
Cohasco, Inc.
ESTABLISHED 63 YEARS
P.O. Drawer 821
Yonkers, New York 10702
Phone: 1(914) 476-8500
Fax: 1(914) 476-8573
E-mail: info@cohascodpc.com
More information can be found at our websites:
http://cohascodpc.com
http://dpc.nu
Photo-quality images and other details upon request
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