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Sale 32 Lot 1771  

LINCOLN RELIC, A PIECE OF TOWEL USED TO WRAP LINCOLN'S HEAD. The small while fragment in an early 20th century frame with small daguerrotype portrait of Lincoln in a gilt metal case, with hand-written note, and later typed note: "From Grandmother Montague's keep sakes as found at 123 W. Castle St., Syracuse, N.Y. after death of Father Montague, Feb. 5th. 1930. READS, A piece of towel that was around Abraham Lincoln's head after the assasination." Montague was head of the Engelberg Huller company. - 8 x 7 in.
Estimate $800-1,200

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