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« on: May 20, 2013, 12:19:31 PM »
i have a documents thanking a friends great great etc grandfather
for service  in  OHIO....dated  1864.....signed by  abe linchon


also ''records of volunteer  enrollment''....dates  1863
it hs little gold clips holding the pages together


is this stuff worth anything?
and who would know??
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Re: documents
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2013, 03:51:42 PM »
Get in touch with an auction house or search online for a collectors group.  A genuine Abe Lincoln signature should be worth a good pile of brass.
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Re: documents
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2013, 04:00:45 AM »
thanx...do you have any links?
when drugs are outlawed only out laws will have drugs
DO WHAT EVER IT TAKES TO STOP A DEMOCRAT
OBAMACARE....the biggest tax hike in the  history of mankind
free choice and equality  can't co-exist
AFTER THE LIBYAN COVER-UP... remind any  democrat voters ''they sat and  watched them die''...they  told help to ''stand down''

many statements made here are fiction and are for entertainment purposes only and are in no way to be construed as a description of actual events.
no one is encouraged to do anything dangerous or break any laws.

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Re: documents
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2013, 09:42:54 AM »
45-70!


  You have an original Lincoln signature?  I'm green with envy!


  Here's what I would.


   Call up the Smithsoneum museum in D.C., tell them that you you have a document that looks 100% authentic with a Lincoln signature, and ask them to put you in contact with their resident Lincoln expert. They either have a curator on their staff who is an absolute expert, or they have one that is a constant consultant who is an expert as well.


   Call him/her up and tell em what you've got.  Then send them a photocopy.


   After they look at the copy, ask if you can fly out to D.C. to meet with them, with the original, and have them confirm the authenticity of the original.  I'm sure they will.  They will probably write a letter for you as well.


  With this provinence in hand, you will have a very valuable piece of history.




   If Chicago or Southern Illinois is closer, then I'm willing to bet that the Fields Museum in Chicago could do the same for your, or an official "Lincoln Society" in Sprinfield.


   These curators live and die for this stuff.  The discovery of a brand new authentic signature for them can be the discovery of a lifetime.  They often publish articles about the new find, which increases their reputation and the value of your paper.


  Please don't just sit on this valuable treasure.  Something  might happen to it.  Go forth, authenticate it, reveal it to the World, and then and only then think about taking it to auction.  The auction house is where you end up, not where you start.


  Hope this helps.


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« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2013, 11:11:25 AM »
Be prepaired, an auction house will typically charge between 15% to 30% commission to sell it for you and I have heard as much as 50% from some of them along with a buyers commission after the sale to whoever is the winning bidder.
That can add up.
 
 
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Re: documents
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2013, 03:03:36 AM »
the signature  appears to be stamped
as it carries through [raised] to the back side  as does all the print


i do believe the document to be an original....


i will  see if i can figure out how to scan  and post it here  later


BTW  i am near  JAX florida
when drugs are outlawed only out laws will have drugs
DO WHAT EVER IT TAKES TO STOP A DEMOCRAT
OBAMACARE....the biggest tax hike in the  history of mankind
free choice and equality  can't co-exist
AFTER THE LIBYAN COVER-UP... remind any  democrat voters ''they sat and  watched them die''...they  told help to ''stand down''

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Re: documents
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2013, 03:43:52 AM »
here  is a link  to  what i have


http://sigartsinc.blogspot.com/2010/03/100-day-volunteer-certificates.html


but what is it worth??


tho its worth is mute....
we have a nepew that is into civil war re=enactments....he should have it
when drugs are outlawed only out laws will have drugs
DO WHAT EVER IT TAKES TO STOP A DEMOCRAT
OBAMACARE....the biggest tax hike in the  history of mankind
free choice and equality  can't co-exist
AFTER THE LIBYAN COVER-UP... remind any  democrat voters ''they sat and  watched them die''...they  told help to ''stand down''

many statements made here are fiction and are for entertainment purposes only and are in no way to be construed as a description of actual events.
no one is encouraged to do anything dangerous or break any laws.

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Re: documents
« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2013, 05:52:15 AM »
  Gosh 45-70, in order to find out what it's worth, you have to ask an expert.  Nobody on this board knows.  Call the Smithsonean.  That's where the experts live.  Any opinion thrown out on this board would be worthless.


   Could be that it was a letter that a newspaper got ahold of 100 years ago, and then reprinted and circulated hundreds of copies.


   Could be a stamped signature from Lincolns personal secretary. 




   Could be anything.  Only the curators will know.


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