Abraham Lincoln hair lock fetches $25,000 at auction (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by Theresa , Monday, January 26, 2015, 06:05

A collection of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia has been sold at an auction in Dallas, fetching more than $800,000.
A lock of the assassinated president's hair went for $25,000 but a letter admitting the Civil War was not going well remained unsold.
A letter signed by his assassin John Wilkes Booth sold for $30,000 and his military arrest warrant made $21,250.
The 300-item collection was begun in 1963 by Texas gallery owner Donald Dow, who died five years ago.
His son Greg said it was time "for other collectors to have a chance to enjoy it".

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