A letter signed by President Abraham Lincoln sold for $21,850.00, including the premium, at the R.M. Smythe and Co. spring autograph auction held at New York's Algonquin Hotel, Thursday, May 10, 2001. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
A letter signed by John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, sold for $31,050.00, including the premium, at the R.M. Smythe and Co. spring autograph auction held at New York's Algonquin Hotel, Thursday, May 10, 2001. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
