Abraham Lincoln Ambrotype Campaign Badge

Description:

Abraham Lincoln Ambrotype Campaign Badge, Boston, c. 1860, the oval gilt-metal frame housing a "Cooper Union" portrait, with pinback through a store card reading "For President/Hon. Abraham Lincoln/Manufactured by Geo. Clark, Jr., & Co./Ambrotype Artists, No. 59 Court Street, Boston," (imperfections),lg. 2, wd. 2 1/2 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

minor chipping to emulsion towards border left of Lincoln's head, one scratch to right of Lincoln, few other minute scratches


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