My New Pop 1 Collectible Purchase (non sport)

shu4040

Hey all, so i've been a big history fan the last few years, and focused on abraham lincoln. I decided to merge my interests and have been slowly looking at Lincoln memorabilia over the last few years. I was first looking at a beautiful inaugural ball invitation, but wanted an auto. There is a ton of signed lincoln stuff out there, especially war time appointments. They present very nice, but there are many many of them.

A few mos ago, a local nyc dealer whose mailing list i was on advertised a newly "discovered" short lincoln note. He had recently purchased it from an elderly lady who had it for decades and it was still in an early 1900s frame. The note was sent to the foremost Lincoln historians who pieced togather it's pretty fascinating meaning, and it was highlighted in a bunch of news places. Here is the AP story on it:

News Story

The signature is pretty bold and strong, and the note is extra interesting because it's one of only 8 known times Lincoln signed, "yours in haste" and out of probaly thousands of recorded letters and notes.

Long story short, i went and saw it, negotiated a fair price for both of us, had it recently framed and here it is.

A true POP 1 forever, with no chance of a POP 2 or 3

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lawnmowerman

That's an awesome piece!

The civil war time frame has always been one of my favorite times in history. So much going on in the country at that time. War, slavery (and abolition of) politics and not to mention the human aspect pitting family against family separated by beliefs and state lines.

bziddy

That's a really nice piece. Congrats.

I might have considered mounting it with THIS as opposed to the picture you chose

Dboneesq

That's really cool. I love looking at pieces like that.

Just curious, did he often sign just "A" for his first name?

LarkinCollector

<< <i>That's really cool. I love looking at pieces like that.

Just curious, did he often sign just "A" for his first name? >>


+1, I was also curious on that. Thanks for sharing here, since the auto forum is a ghost town.

lawnmowerman

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<< <i>That's really cool. I love looking at pieces like that.

Just curious, did he often sign just "A" for his first name? >>


+1, I was also curious on that. Thanks for sharing here, since the auto forum is a ghost town. >>




There's an auto forum?? Haha

shu4040

bzdiddy, that picture is fantastic!

re: signing this full name, from the research I did (and i'm not a huge expert). Lincoln signed his full name quite rarely especially as he got older. so on serious presidential things you'll find "Abraham Lincoln", but "A. Lincoln" is much more common especially on something like this that is almost like an email just quickly transmitting his thoughts

wrestlingcardking

Amazing! That is a spectacular piece to say the least.

lawnmowerman

<< <i>bzdiddy, that picture is fantastic!

re: signing this full name, from the research I did (and i'm not a huge expert). Lincoln signed his full name quite rarely especially as he got older. >>



Yep, saving strokes. I hear he did the same thing when sending text messages.

LarkinCollector

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<< <i>bzdiddy, that picture is fantastic!

re: signing this full name, from the research I did (and i'm not a huge expert). Lincoln signed his full name quite rarely especially as he got older. >>



Yep, saving strokes. I hear he did the same thing when sending text messages. >>

lawnmowerman

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<< <i>bzdiddy, that picture is fantastic!

re: signing this full name, from the research I did (and i'm not a huge expert). Lincoln signed his full name quite rarely especially as he got older. >>



Yep, saving strokes. I hear he did the same thing when sending text messages. >>


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Hahaha!!

shu4040

Abe invented the emoticon. He had telegraphs sent to the battlefields with just smiley faces after big wins.


Also, don't worry, I guarantee this will NEVER end up in a Topps memorabilia card chopped up.

lawnmowerman

<< <i>Abe invented the emoticon. He had telegraphs sent to the battlefields with just smiley faces after big wins. >>



Seriously? I wasn't too far off LOL!

lawnmowerman

<< <i>Abe invented the emoticon. He had telegraphs sent to the battlefields with just smiley faces after big wins. >>



Seriously? I wasn't too far off LOL!