Lot 3022
John Brown Signed Photo, 1859, flyleaf from a personalized Bible, 4" x 6½", signed "Farewell God bless you, Your Friend, John Brown"; matted to 5½" x 8", chipped and cracked in the upper left corner and couple of small edge tears, otherwise Fine and exceedingly rare.
Estimate $7,500 - 10,000
ONE OF ONLY THREE SURVIVING EXAMPLES OF THE TEN SIGNED BY BROWN.
It is believed only two remain in private hands.
Brown was a radical abolitionist who was tried for treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, the murder of five pro-slavery Southerners, and inciting a slave insurrection. Refusing to claim insanity as a defense, he was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to death by hanging. After his trial he ordered ten Bibles, each of which bore his photo on the flyleaf, and inscribed and signed each of them for close friends.
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