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Lot 77
Sale 6560 - The Fathers and Saviors of Our Country: A Presidential Sale
Mar 26, 2026
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$2,432
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Proclamation of Emancipation. Chicago: Chas. Shober, 1864.
22 x 17 7/8 in. engraved broadside designed by A. Kidder (backed on tissue, large central horizontal closed tear repaired, a 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. tear to upper margin with loss, not affecting text but a few flourishes in facsimile, scattered marginal repairs).
A SCARCE CHICAGO PRE-FIRE IMPRINT OF LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. The broadside features six vignettes, including a portrait of Lincoln with a receding hairline.
REFERENCES:
Eberstadt 27; Not in Chicago Ante-Fire Imprints
This lot is located in Chicago.