Ford’s Theatre tickets for the night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated sell for $262,500 at auction

Ford’s Theatre tickets for the night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated sell for $262,500 at auction

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A pair of front-row balcony tickets to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 — the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth — sold at auction for $262,500, according to a Boston-based auction house. The tickets are stamped with the date, “Ford’s Theatre, APR 14, 1865, This…

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