DALLAS (AP) — A collection of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia that includes a lock of the slain president's hair has been sold for more than $800,000 at auction Saturday in Dallas. 
 
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 This images provided by Heritage Auctions shows an authentication letter for a blood-stained linen swatch from Lincoln’s death bed, that went to auction Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at a Historical Americana... (Associated Press) 
 
 This images provided by Heritage Auctions shows an 1861 letter written by actor John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s future assassin, to a friend boasting about his career and value. The letter sold at auction... (Associated Press) 
 
 This images provided by Heritage Auctions shows an 1861 letter written by actor John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s future assassin, to a friend boasting about his career and value. The letter sold at auction... (Associated Press) 
 
 This images provided by Heritage Auctions shows a set nicknamed "The Martyr, The Villain and The Avenger" which sold for $30,000 Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at a Historical Americana auction in Dallas,... (Associated Press) 
 
 This images provided by Heritage Auctions shows a lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair, removed by Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes shortly after Lincoln was shot, which sold for $25,000 Saturday, Jan. 24,... (Associated Press) 
 
 This images provided by Heritage Auctions shows a blood-stained linen swatch from Lincoln’s death bed, that went to auction Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at a Historical Americana auction in Dallas, Texas.... (Associated Press) 
 
 The Donald P. Dow collection brought top bids totaling $803,889, doubling expectations, said Eric Bradley, spokesman for Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. 
 
 Greg Dow said his father, who died five years ago, was fascinated with presidential assassinations. 
 
 The lock of hair, taken by Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes shortly after Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth, sold for $25,000. 
 
 An 1861 letter written by Booth to a friend boasting about his career and value as an actor sold for $30,000. 
 
 "The public was so disgusted by Booth's atrocity that most all letters, signatures and documents mentioning him were destroyed after Lincoln's death, making any that survive 150 years later exceedingly rare and valuable," said Don Ackerman, Consignment Director for Historical Americana at Heritage Auctions. "The Dow Collection gave us a unique perspective of the assassination and I doubt we'll ever see a grouping like this outside of a museum setting." 
 
 Other items auctioned Saturday included: 
 
 — a clipping of linen from Lincoln's death bed and stained with Lincoln's blood, for $6,000. 
 
 — an1864 letter signed by Lincoln and authorizing prisoner-of-war swap involving Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's son from a Union POW camp, for $27,500. 
 
 — A display of photographs and autographs from Lincoln, Booth and Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot and killed Booth — a set nicknamed "The Martyr, The Assassin and The Avenger" — which sold for $30,000. 
 
 — a set of four oil paintings created for a carnival side show displaying the mummified remains of a man claimed to be Booth, for $30,000. 
 
 — Booth's military arrest warrant, for $21,250. 
 
 — a framed White House Funeral Admittance Card, for $11,875. 
 
 — a letter signed by Mary Todd Lincoln on her personal mourning stationary, for $10,625. ||||| Image caption The collection, including the lock of hair at bottom, raised $803,889 
 
 A collection of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia has been sold at an auction in Dallas, fetching more than $800,000. 
 
 A lock of the assassinated president's hair went for $25,000 but a letter admitting the Civil War was not going well remained unsold. 
 
 A letter signed by his assassin John Wilkes Booth sold for $30,000 and his military arrest warrant made $21,250. 
 
 The 300-item collection was begun in 1963 by Texas gallery owner Donald Dow, who died five years ago. 
 
 His son Greg said it was time "for other collectors to have a chance to enjoy it". 
 
 He said his father had started collecting because of his interest in the Civil War and military history "but then he became interested in Lincoln and the assassination". 
 
 Image caption The fragment of a letter sent to a Baltimore lawyer concerning the Civil War did not sell 
 
 The auction total of $803,889 was about twice the expected sum, Eric Bradley, of the Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, said. 
 
 The lock of hair was removed by Surgeon General Joseph Barnes shortly after Lincoln was assassinated on 14 April 1865. 
 
 Don Ackerman, from Heritage Auctions, told the Associated Press that the Booth letter had raised more because "the public was so disgusted by Booth's atrocity that most all letters, signatures and documents mentioning him were destroyed after Lincoln's death, making any that survive 150 years later exceedingly rare and valuable". 
 
 Also sold were two separate eyewitness accounts of the assassination - for $27,500 and $14,375. 
 
 The unsold Lincoln admission on the Civil War was in a fragment of a letter he wrote to a Baltimore lawyer in 1862.
– A lock of hair taken from Abraham Lincoln's head by Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes soon after the president had been assassinated sold for $25,000 at a Texas auction—$5,000 less than a buyer paid for a letter from assassin John Wilkes Booth. The sale of a gallery owner's 300-item collection of Lincoln memorabilia fetched more than $800,000 on Saturday, more than double what Heritage Auctions had predicted, although an 1862 letter in which the president admitted the Civil War was not going well remained unsold, reports the BBC. Booth boasts about his acting career in the letter he wrote to a friend in 1861, which fetched such a high price because the "public was so disgusted by Booth's atrocity that most all letters, signatures and documents mentioning him were destroyed after Lincoln's death, making any that survive 150 years later exceedingly rare and valuable," a Heritage Auctions director explains to the AP. Other items in the sale included Booth's military arrest warrant, bloodstained linen from Lincoln's deathbed, and an 1864 letter signed by Lincoln authorizing a prisoner-of-war swap involving the son of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.