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Poster for Show Lincoln Saw Booth Perform to be Offered at Bonhams

LOS ANGELES, CA.- Fine arts auctioneer Bonhams & Butterfields will offer a Fine Books & Manuscripts auction on February 14, 2010 in Los Angeles simulcast to San Francisco. The 400-lot sale is timed to coincide with the California ABAA Book Fair, held this year in Los Angeles. For collectors and Fair attendees, a wide variety of highlights will be offered in the categories of literature and Americana, as well as a fine selection of imprints on Hawaii and the South Pacific. In honor of President’s Day, Bonhams & Butterfields will feature a broad selection of Americana in this sale. Items of note will include two broadsides of John Wilkes Booth’s performances at the Boston Museum, featuring The Marble Heart, which was the show Lincoln