Auction Name: 2026 March 18 The Dan Madsen Collection of Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain Memorabilia Americana & Political Signature® Auction

Lot Number: 43005

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Abraham Lincoln: Brady Single Portrait Ribbon. 3 1/8" x 7 1/2" silk ribbon with 1/2 length portrait. Published by J.C. Buttre of New York for the 1860 campaign, it features the famous Cooper Union photograph of Lincoln by Matthew Brady, O-17, with facsimile signature, "A. Lincoln" below.

Condition: Excellent, with just a few minor creases, light paperclip indention at top, and ink notation at bottom right of verso. A gorgeous example with high sheen, and one of the nicest specimens we have ever handled!

References: Hamilton, C. and Ostendorf, L., Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose, 1963, page 34, O-17.

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