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Original 1865 tintype of Custer by Matthew Brady brings $5,750 in Holabird's huge Feb. 11-15 auction RENO, Nevada Subject Line Please provide verification code Email is invalid Original tintype of George Armstrong Custer in a non-political case, 3 ¼ inches by 3 ½ inches, taken in 1865 by Matthew Brady, the famous Civil War-era photographer ($5,750). Holabird Western Americana Collections RENO, Nev. – An 1862 Abraham Lincoln silver Peace Medal in About Uncirculated condition sold for $18,750, an original 1865 tintype of George Armstrong Custer from a photograph taken by the iconic C...

An 1862 Lincoln silver Peace Medal and an 1865 tintype of Custer by Brady are part of Holabird's huge Feb. 11-15 auction 1862 Lincoln silver Peace Medal, 62.5 mm, About Uncirculated, the only Presidential peace medal issued in a year other than the inauguration date of the president ($18,750). The auction was held online and live in the Holabird gallery in Reno, Nevada. It was bursting with nearly 4,000 lots in a wide array of collecting categories. We broke nearly every record anybody’s ever heard about for a multiple consignor Americana sale. We enjoyed a nearly 90 percent sell-through a...