Lincoln items once destined for state museum sell as part of $1.3 million auction

Lincoln items once destined for state museum sell as part of $1.3 million auction

Among them was a velvet-lined framed portrait of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, which included several dark hairs purportedly plucked from his head after he was fatally shot during an 1865 manhunt. It sold for $7,000.