Wanted poster of Lincoln assassin sells for $200,000
米国のリンカーン大統領を暗殺した容疑者に対する懸賞金を記した珍しい指名手配のポスターがこのほど競売にかけられ、１６万６３７５ドル（約２２００万円）で落札された
A rare wanted poster depicting a bounty for the assassination of President Lincoln has sold for $166,375 at auction.
ポスターは１８６５年４月２０日に印刷されたもので、ジョン・ウィルクス・ブースとその共犯者を捕まえると合計１０万ドルの懸賞金が支払われるとうたっている
The poster, printed on April 20, 1865, claims a bounty totaling $100,000 for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices.
Booth shot and killed President Lincoln at a theater in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 2014.
ポスターによれば、ブースを逮捕すれば「陸軍省」から５万ドルが支払われる
Poster says arresting Booth will pay $50,000 from ’War Department’
It will also offer $25,000 each to Booth’s accomplices, Jon Surratt and David Herold.
競売会社によれば、競売は１０万ドルから開始された
The auction started at $100,000, according to the auction house.
This poster is the first edition and is said to be the rarest of the three types of poster designs announced by the Ministry of War.
競売会社によれば、ポスターは同じフィラデルフィア市の家庭で何十年にもわたって受け継がれてきた
The poster has been in the same Philadelphia family for decades, according to the auction house.
It was the first time the poster had been sold or auctioned.
ポスターでは、ブースや共犯者の逮捕につながるあらゆる情報にも「十分な懸賞金」が支払われるとうたっているほか、善良な市民に対して公の正義を支援することなどを求めていた
The posters said there would be a ”substantial bounty” for any information leading to the arrest of the booth or accomplices, and urged good citizens to support public justice, among other things.
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