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John Wilkes Booth CDV - RARE 105751

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Political Memorabilia Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
John Wilkes Booth CDV - RARE  105751
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This item SOLD at 2019 Oct 05 @ 17:21UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Definite wear and tear, but rare none-the-less. (See photo online.) Although most famous for shooting Abraham Lincoln at the Ford Theater, he was an accomplished actor. He was a member of a Maryland theatrical family with Southern sympathies. Ironically, Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia had surrendered four days earlier, but Booth believed that the American Civil War was not yet over because Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's army was still fighting the Union Army. Booth was completely successful in carrying out his part of the plot. He shot Lincoln once in the back of the head.Booth embarked on his first national tour as a leading actor after finishing the 1859–1860 theatre season in Richmond, Virginia. By mid-1860, he was playing in such cities as New York, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, Columbus, Georgia, Montgomery, Alabama, and New Orleans. Poet and journalist Walt Whitman said of Booth's acting, "He would have flashes, passages, I thought of real genius." The Philadelphia Press drama critic said, "Without having [his brother] Edwin's culture and grace, Mr. Booth has far more action, more life, and, we are inclined to think, more natural genius." [wikipedia] Last example cited on this lot, Robert Kaufman Auction #66 in 1981. Estimate was $300 to $500. Remnants of 2c tax stamp on back. City: State: District of Columbia Date: c1865