Historic Tickets to Show Where Lincoln Was Assassinated Sell for $262,500 at Auction
Two tickets to the show where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated have sold at auction for $262,500.
The green top-tier tickets to “Our American Cousin” at the historic Ford’s Theatre in D.C. on April 14, 1865, were originally 75 cents each.
The tickets sold for double the expected price at the RR Auction in Boston on Saturday.
The Washington Post reports, “The tickets were for prime front-row seats on the second-level — Nos. 41 and 42 D in the theater’s dress circle the night of April 14, 1865. The show featured British actress Laura Keene in the comedy ‘Our American Cousin.’”
During that show, Lincoln was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth.
