A lock of President Abraham Lincoln's hair attached to a bloodstained telegram are up for auction this month, with the lot expected to sell for big money.
The auction, which is being handled by RR Auction’s Remarkable Rarities, includes a two-inch lock of hair that was removed after Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth and given to his wife's cousin, Dr. Lyman Beecher Todd.
The telegram is from the War Department and was sent to Dr. Todd by George H. Kinnear, his assistant. It was received in Washington at 11 p.m. on April 14, 1865, according to a post from the auction house.
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