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Saul Teichman and Joel Orosz took the hint and correctly named the 1865 J.N.T. Levick sale by Edward Cogan. Originally scheduled for April 27-29, 1865, the sale was postponed due to the assassination of President Lincoln on April 14th, 1865. Lincoln was shot while attending a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.

E. J Attinelli, in his 1876 work "Numisgraphics", had this to say about the sale:

"... it was thought advisable to postpone, in consequence of the excited state of the entire people, consequent upon the assassination of President Lincoln by Junius B. Booth, who had escaped, but was subsequently captured mortally wounded." [NOTE: Attinelli confused the facts here - Junius B. Booth, also an actor, was the FATHER of John Wilkes Booth, the Lincoln assassin.]

"The catalogue was printed and issued in several ways, with and without the part in which was the catalogue-portion of Mr. Levick's collection, also each separately; also, 12 copies of each printed on large paper. Mr. Levick, in consequence of the state of affairs, issued but few copies with the cover bearing the preceding date, the greater portion of the edition was stripped of its covers and replaced with a new one, bearing the following date, when the sale took place."

Attinelli lists the sale as having taken place May 29th. In the "show-n-tell" department, I have a copy of this sale in my library. It is a priced copy, one of twelve interleaved with ruled paper, as noted in the sale's last lot (lot 135). It bears the original sale date of April 27-29, 1865. Anyone else care to report a copy of the sale?

Wayne Homren, Editor

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The E-Sylum: Volume 02, Number 52, December 26, 1999, Article 4

QUICK QUIZ ANSWERS: CANCELED AUCTIONS

Wayne Homren, Editor