Abraham Lincoln Photograph and Commemorative Gavel

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Abraham Lincoln Photograph and Commemorative Gavel, c. 1925, the framed photograph is a later printing from an early negative, a paper placed on the reverse inscribed "To Geo. K. Sargent/Photo from original negative valued at $10,000.00/Taken at Springfield Jan. 1861 Just before leaving for Washington./only original negative of Lincoln west of Philadelphia. Compliments/John Taylor Springfield Ill. Dec.1 1928"; top of paper with embossed heading inscribed "H.W. Pay/Custodian Lincoln's Tomb/Springfield, Illinois," 7 x 5; together with a cased commemorative wooden gavel with a silver band engraved with the inscription "Abraham Lincoln Relic/ Mallet from Tree Planted by Mr. Lincoln in Front of His Residence/South Eighth Street, Springfield, Illinois/Handle From the Door Frame in Which Mr. Lincoln and Mary Todd Stood While Being Married, In the Edwards Home, on South Second Street/Gift of John L. Taylor to G.K.S. October 1925"; the top of the box with a notarized document stating the authenticity of the gavels sold by Barker's Art Store, dated April 19, 1924, lg. 9 7/8 in.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

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