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

Lot Number: 43006

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[Abraham Lincoln]: Springfield Home Bedroom Wallpaper Relic with Provenance. Eight fragments between 2"-3 1/2" of blue and bronze patterned wallpaper retrieved as a souvenir from the walls of Lincoln's Springfield bedroom. These fragments were removed and preserved by the official custodian of the Lincoln House, Mary Edwards Brown. In 1956, Brown sold the relics, along with other Lincoln family property, to Dorothy Kunhardt, daughter of Frederick Hill Meserve. The Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt Collection of Lincolniana was sold at auction by Charles Hamilton on May 28, 1981. This lot is accompanied by a letter of provenance from the late, noted Lincoln collector Jonathan H. Mann, publisher of The Rail Splitter, the long-respected journal for Lincoln collectors.

Condition: Excellent with only age related wear.

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