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Sat, Dec 31, 2022 11:00AM EST
Lot 11

President Grant Funeral Train Ticket

Estimate: $100 - $400

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$50 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$300,000 $25,000
$500,000 $50,000
$1,000,000 $100,000

Ticket for the funeral train of General (and President) Ulysses S. Grant. Dated to August 4 and 5 1885, this ticket states "This ticket will pass bearer on Funeral Train Bearing the remains of General U.S. Grant August 4th and 5th, 1885." It is signed in print by two railroad executives. This pass has significant wear, foxing, and creasing, but is is good shape overall. 4 1/8" by 2 5/8". Keywords: Civil War, Union, funerary, memorabilia, presidential, U.S. Grant, Militaria, history, historic, artifact, relic, US, hero, heroiculy