Abraham Lincoln's lock of hair among other memorabilia has recently fetched more than 800,000 dollars at the auction In Dallas, it has been reported.
Eric Bradley, spokesman for Dallas-based Heritage Auctions said that the Donald P. Dow collection brought top bids totaling 803,889 dollars, doubling expectations, ABC News reported.
The lock of hair, taken by Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes shortly after Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth, sold for 25,000 dollars.
An 1861 letter written by Booth to a friend boasting about his career and value as an actor sold for 30,000 dollars.
Other items included; a clipping of linen from Lincoln's death bed and stained with Lincoln's blood, for 6,000 dollars, an1864 letter signed by Lincoln and authorizing prisoner-of-war swap involving Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's son from a Union POW camp, for 27,500 dollars.
A display of photographs and autographs from Lincoln, Booth and Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot and killed Booth, a set nicknamed "The Martyr, The Assassin and The Avenger," which sold for 30,000 dollars. A set of four oil paintings created for a carnival side show displaying the mummified remains of a man claimed to be Booth, for 30,000 dollars.
Booth's military arrest warrant, for 21,250 dollars. A framed White House Funeral Admittance Card, for 11,875 dollars. A letter signed by Mary Todd Lincoln on her personal mourning stationary, for 10,625 dollars.