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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 599

NY. New York. Derby Athenaeum. $5. Stamped Dec. 8, 1868. No.2516. No. 680 Broadway.Woman with palette. Blue date stamp in lower right corner. About a month after this receipt was issued, a fire broke out on the second floor at 9:30 pm January 19, 1869. The NY Times article reported that "The room in which the flames originated is used for the storage and exhibition of celebrated pictures and works of art,...." All of the pictures stored were destroyed, causing a loss of $20,000. One of the losses was Rothermel´s "celebrated picture" entitled President Lincoln´s Last Reception at the White House",...and valued at $30,000, "was so much injured by the heat that is considered entirely worthless." About Uncirculated.

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