Rare tickets to Ford’s Theatre on the night Lincoln was assassinated auction for $262,500

Auction House Bags $262,500 For Front-Row Tickets From Night Abraham Lincoln Was Assassinated

Two rare balcony tickets from the night of former President Abraham Lincoln's assassination were sold for $262,500 at an auction Sept. 23.

Theatre tickets from night of Lincoln assassination sell for $262,500

The US president was shot and killed in the presidential box of Ford's Theatre during a performance.

Rare tickets to Ford's Theatre on night of Lincoln's assassination sell for $262,500

A pair of front-row balcony tickets to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 — the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

Ford's Theatre ticket from the night of Lincoln's assassination sells for $262,500

BOSTON — A pair of front-row balcony tickets to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 — the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth — sold at auction for $262,500, according to a Boston-based auction house.

Abraham Lincoln assassination theater tickets auctioned for $262K

Two front-row balcony tickets from the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth inside Ford's Theatre have been sold at auction for a cool $262,500.

Rare tickets to Ford's Theatre on the night Lincoln was assassinated auction for $262,500

A pair of front-row balcony tickets to Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865 -- the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth -- sold at auction for $262,500, according to a Boston-based auction house.