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Scholar’s Abe Lincoln collection fetches $300K at auction

Scholar's Abe Lincoln collection fetches $300K at auction | iNFOnews.ca
This undated photo provided by Swann Auction Galleries shows a circa 1860's oil painting of President Abraham Lincoln, entitled "Portrait of the beardless Lincoln as he appeared in June 1860," by John C. Wolfe. The item was among a collection of hundreds of Lincoln books, artwork and documents sold at auction by Swann Auction Galleries on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2018 in New York. (Swann Auction Galleries via AP) A

NEW YORK – The sale of a prominent Abraham Lincoln scholar’s collection of material pertaining to the nation’s 16th president brought in nearly $300,000 at a New York City auction.

Swann Galleries says nearly 90 per cent of Harold Holzer’s collection of hundreds of Lincoln books, artwork and documents was sold at Thursday’s auction in Manhattan. The overall sale total of $299,995 topped the presale estimate of $158,000 to $236,000.

An 1860 painting of Lincoln before he grew a beard drew the highest price at $40,000.

Holzer is an award-winning historian best known for his books on Lincoln and the Civil War. He collected hundreds of Lincoln items during the decades he spent researching and writing about him.

Holzer currently serves as director of Hunter College’s Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute.

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