Description: Lloyd’s “Presidential Campaign, 1864” poster featuring portraits of Lincoln-Johnson and McLellan-Pendleton, “Candidates For President and Vice-President of United States.” 28 x 36 1/2 inches. Outstanding example! Professionally linen-backed for ideal preservation, easy handling and framing. These early campaign wall posters produced by Lloyd’s are among the most impressive political display pieces of the 1850s to 1860s era. In addition to campaign-related posters, Lloyds also issued posters devoted to general political current events (especially related to the Civil War). All are rare and impressive but some are rarer and more impressive than others. Especially noteworthy are the presidential campaign related posters. Value: There is no formal value structure for these Lloyds posters. Looking up Hakes and Heritage auction results show various Lloyd’s posters selling for anywhere from approximately $1500 to more than $15,000 depending on content, rarity, and, of course, condition (these posters are large and tend to have serious condition problems including pieces missing). This particular design devoted to the 1864 Presidential election is EXTREMELY rare. In fact, NO example of this poster has EVER been offered at Hakes or Heritage and no example has been recorded by Worthpoint. This is a very special 1864 poster but due to rarity, I have no auction results to cite for comparison. Whether one values this poster at less than $1500 or more than $15,000 (there is no “right” answer), I think all political memorabilia scholars and advanced collectors would agree this is an outstanding museum-caliber rarity, and one of the very few large posters from 1864 campaign to feature portraits of Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Andrew Johnson (as well as George McLellan and his running mate Pendleton). Provenance: I’ve had this poster for over 30 years. In all that time I don’t recall ever seeing another example (though I assume others must exist). I personally bought this poster directly from the family of legendary old-time political memorabilia collector Dr. Morris Shenk. Morris Shenk collected for decades, advertised everywhere for political collectibles for decades, and assembled one of the greatest advanced collections ever put together in his era of collecting. While naturally subjective, for my personal taste in political items, I think this was the single best display piece in the Shenk Collection.
Price: 12500 USD
Location: Watchung, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-11-19T00:26:07.000Z
Shipping Cost: 85 USD
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Type: Posters
Year: 1864
Presidential Campaign: Abraham Lincoln 1864
Theme: Politics
Country/Region: United States