Abraham Lincoln artifacts head to auction

[Still Waters]

Harold Holzer has devoted much of his life to a guy who died more than 80 years before he was born. More specifically, he has spent much of his time fixating on this man’s face — his face in paintings, in photographs, sculpted out of plaster.

Granted, Abraham Lincoln isn’t just any guy. But Mr. Holzer, a historian and former Democratic operative in New York, found Lincoln fascinating enough to write or edit 52 books about him, with two more in the works.

And Mr. Holzer didn’t take a break from his Lincoln obsession on weekends. Often, he would drive with his wife to small towns in Pennsylvania or Massachusetts, where they would wake up early to rummage through flea markets, looking for Lincoln memorabilia that people didn’t realize was valuable.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/arts/harold-holzer-lincoln-auction.html?

[Still Waters]

Sorry for any confusion. I've edited the title now to make it more clear.

[Careful_perspective]

This is a really interesting article, thank you for sharing. I am a huge lover of history, and especially Lincoln, so this was especially exciting to read about. I am very curious about his flea-market experiences and how often he would find things, and how he authenticated them.