1860 JOHN WILKES BOOTH / ABRAHAM LINCOLN ASSASSIN ALBUMEN CDV PHOTOGRAPH PHOTO
Item History & Price
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Very rare and original, ca1860 CDV Photograph of John Wilkes Booth, Assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, taken and published by Charles Deforest Fredricks 5 years before the "famous" actor became infamous assassin. This outstanding, period photograph measures approx. 2 1/8” by 3 1/2” and is mounted on its original, square cornered, gold ruled border CDV Card Mount (overall size of card mount is 2 1/2" by 4").
This is a very rare portrait of Booth which... was taken when the young actor was performing in New York City in January of 1860 and the example offered here was published and sold by the original photographer - likely long before there was a market for images of Booth as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln. The Image is a vignette, bust portrait with Booth wearing a fancy cravat and jacket with velvet collar. The card mount carries the mark of the original photographer - C. D. Fredricks - below the image on the recto.
This very rare and highly desirable, albumen, CDV Photo of John Wilkes Booth in very good condition. The Photograph exhibits sharp focus, strong contrast and rich, warm tonality. Here is some light soiling to the Image and some soiling and light edge wear to the mount. The back of the mount has some adhesions and thinning as well as hand ink stamps identifying the CDV as having come from the files of the Culver News Photo Service.
An exceptionally rare and highly sought after, CDV Photograph of the Assassin of President Abraham Lincoln – John Wilkes Booth - taken 5 years before the accomplished actor became the universally vilified assassin and a fantastic addition to any collection!! Overseas shipping is extra and cost will be quoted at bidders request. Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% sales tax. Please check out other early and interesting items offered by this seller on ebay. Click Here to See Our Items We Have for Sale in the eBay Gallery and Click Here to Add Us To Your Favorite Sellers List.
Important Notes about Shipping Charges: The amount quoted for Shipping & Handling is calculated by eBay and is equal to the EXACT amount charged by the Post Office plus a $1.00 "packing fee" - the $1.00 fee is our only compensation for the virgin packing materials we use on all of our professionally packaged boxes as well as our cost for the salaried help that does most of our packing - as I am sure you can see, we make NO profit on the Shipping charges and, in fact, our costs are usually greater than the $1.00 fee. Please contact us if there are any issues regarding the cost of shipping.ATTENTION FRIENDS!!!We are pleased to announce the start up of a second weekly auction by WALNUTTS-2.0!!! The next generation of NUTS have decided to take a crack at listing some of the hundreds of items that we have accumulated over the past 38 years.Click Here to See What WALNUTTS-2.0 is Offering in this week’s Ebay Auction!! Rest assured that WALNUTTS2 will be offering the same high standard of customer service and 100% unconditional satisfaction guarantee that you have found here in our weekly auctions. The "young'uns" will be starting off slow as they learn the ropes but we ask that you support them as you have supported us over the past 20+ years!!
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This is a very rare portrait of Booth which... was taken when the young actor was performing in New York City in January of 1860 and the example offered here was published and sold by the original photographer - likely long before there was a market for images of Booth as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln. The Image is a vignette, bust portrait with Booth wearing a fancy cravat and jacket with velvet collar. The card mount carries the mark of the original photographer - C. D. Fredricks - below the image on the recto.
This very rare and highly desirable, albumen, CDV Photo of John Wilkes Booth in very good condition. The Photograph exhibits sharp focus, strong contrast and rich, warm tonality. Here is some light soiling to the Image and some soiling and light edge wear to the mount. The back of the mount has some adhesions and thinning as well as hand ink stamps identifying the CDV as having come from the files of the Culver News Photo Service.
An exceptionally rare and highly sought after, CDV Photograph of the Assassin of President Abraham Lincoln – John Wilkes Booth - taken 5 years before the accomplished actor became the universally vilified assassin and a fantastic addition to any collection!! Overseas shipping is extra and cost will be quoted at bidders request. Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% sales tax. Please check out other early and interesting items offered by this seller on ebay. Click Here to See Our Items We Have for Sale in the eBay Gallery and Click Here to Add Us To Your Favorite Sellers List.
Important Notes about Shipping Charges: The amount quoted for Shipping & Handling is calculated by eBay and is equal to the EXACT amount charged by the Post Office plus a $1.00 "packing fee" - the $1.00 fee is our only compensation for the virgin packing materials we use on all of our professionally packaged boxes as well as our cost for the salaried help that does most of our packing - as I am sure you can see, we make NO profit on the Shipping charges and, in fact, our costs are usually greater than the $1.00 fee. Please contact us if there are any issues regarding the cost of shipping.ATTENTION FRIENDS!!!We are pleased to announce the start up of a second weekly auction by WALNUTTS-2.0!!! The next generation of NUTS have decided to take a crack at listing some of the hundreds of items that we have accumulated over the past 38 years.Click Here to See What WALNUTTS-2.0 is Offering in this week’s Ebay Auction!! Rest assured that WALNUTTS2 will be offering the same high standard of customer service and 100% unconditional satisfaction guarantee that you have found here in our weekly auctions. The "young'uns" will be starting off slow as they learn the ropes but we ask that you support them as you have supported us over the past 20+ years!!
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