- Well, ll, obviouslously,l
JERRY: It' It's a cha.
One of the the most fats
Oh, realleally?
JERRY: Abr Abraham Lin n sat on ion it while ile e
was in tin the Whitehite Ho.
OK.K.
I'm suresure he sat sat n a loa lot of cha chairs.
f
HousHouse while ile he was pas.
I'm I'm asking $ng $2,000 0for thr the chair,air, thas
the the lowest ast amount of moneyoney and I'm I'm
willwilling to tto take for fo.
MAN:MAN: That ist is really .
This wis was in thn the White?
JERRY:RRY: It was was in e heformalrmal dining ing roo.
MAN: ON: OK.
That'sat's pretty tty intere.
think abouabout it no,
but the fue furniture us
It was ras really, ry, really e.
JERRJERRY: It wat was.
MAN: The the things pes peo-
you knowknow, well oll off peop- theythey spent mnt money on oe
and silverlverware and y itemitems aroundound the he
because the there ws
every ery night.t.
So tSo those thi things were ver very importporta.
JERRY: Rig Right.
MAN: Pre Presidentiantial memoa asells lls for goodgood mon.
But Abraharaham Linco, that's som some mon.
So iSo if we can can actualle ethis cis chair to to Abraham ,
there is vis value her -
seriourious value.lue.
You'veu've got documentatntation for for t?
JERRY: YY: Yes, sir.sir. MAN:MAN: What dot do you h?
JERRY: One One letter tm
the indiindividuals als tt they didn'idn't wantnt
the chaichairs therehere bee theythey had too too much fuh.
But then Ien I have the tl newsnewspaper clr clipping e
Robert Tod Todd Lincon
schoschool up inp in Vermo.
MAN: ON: OK.
Do you hou have any any otr proof thf that it's t's his-
No.o.
MAN: ON: OK.
How much wch were werewu
$2,000.0.
MAN:MAN: $2,000?000?
Doesn'esn't sound und out oe re
realm of pof possibilib.
But my pro problem s
Do you you mind ifd if I call e to tak take a looklook at t?
He runs uns the ClarClark Cy MuseMuseum systeystem her.
He's an an amazing ing hist.
And hed he could pld probabll me everyverything abg about .
JERRJERRY: I hav have no problem lem with tha tha.
I'm welcomlcoming te
to come ome and looklook at th.
Any exy expert tha that theyt to bringring in, bri bring th.
MAN: I rea really wantwo
but I't I'm a littlittle cond over his his paperwoerwor.
So I c I called hid him my fd Mark to to look at at this .
There'sre's a possiossibiy tthat Aat Abraham Lam Lincos
butt touchouched this his t.
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every chaichair's lifelif.
When you you're dealdealig with presiresidentss
nobody has has a biggr
name tha than Abraharaham Li.
Anything rng related ted m Lincoln isn is hugely e.
So dSo do you hau have any pnk thatthat goes als along with?
JERRY: Yes Yes.
I have thi this over he.
Let Let's take ake a look .
Oh, Oh, OK.
That's a's a well-knl-known pho.
ThisThis is one one of Matthats photphotographs phs of Linc.
It showshows this des decore elemenement right ght here on .
And And so when hen you looklo, you you see thisthis decoratorat
is not the the same ase a.
So obv obviously, ly, ths chair isn'isn't this cis ch.
ng
thatthat's in thn this photohe thatthat Matthewthew Brady o,
not one one that Lin Lincoln .
Had Had this bee been a match toh to this, is, it
would havehave been hin highly y it was eas ever in tin the Whit.
ev
or photohotograph frh frome hLincolncoln periodriod that I d
and I didndidn't find is
WhatWhat I couldouldn't fins any photphotographicphic pf
or dra drawing pro proof.
As IAs I read thd this, we t have any anything frg from Ln
or fro from the Whe White H.
The tie time perioeriod s right ont on the cha chai,
but but there's e's not enouene to sto say that hat these are at
were use used in the the White.
- Thanks.ks.
Thankhanks, man.an.
And And thank ynk you, ad very iry interestiesting to.
Thanksanks a lot.ot. - Th- Thank you.you.
Apprecpreciate it. it.
so
owneownership byp by Abrahamah.
It'sIt's not goi going to be.
But ift if he can can do thats sgot a t a really wly wonderful.
so
I got to rto resell i.
WhenWhen I reselesell it, it, ie beyond and a reasonasonable dot
I'm sem selling isg is what I't.
It's jus just the wae way I do .
But thisthis point, nt, I ct makemake you an an offe.
So thanks nks for comicomin, but I juI just can'tan't do.
Tha Thanks for for looking .
No pro problem.m.
JERRJERRY: You eou expect tht t.
EverEverything cng can't e what yat you want ant it to.
But But I believlieve I brot in enougnough evidenidene
here tre to prove ove that thir is fro from the Whe White H.