Cowans Auctions of Cincinnati, Ohio, closed its American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Including Books: Timed Auction on April 20. Included in the special absentee-bidding-only sale were over 300 lots of books and American History manuscripts, photographs, and other ephemera. Here we will take a look at the number of the political and campaign-related lots that sold in the $100 and up range. An anti-Jackson Coffin Handbill broadside, a brief account of the execution of the six militia men from 1828, sold for $1,375 (all prices realized include a 20-percent buyers premium). A James Buchanan 1856 campaign silk ribbon, 2.5-by-7 inches (image size), framed, featuring a portrait of James Buchanan at center, managed $281. Speaking of Buchanan, a signed military commission, partially printed DS as President, Washington, D.C., Jan. 5, 1859, realized $563. Lincoln items were hotly contested in the sale. Ready to display was an 1861 Abraham Lincoln inaugural ribbon, 4.25-by-7.25 inches (image size), framed, presenting a bust of Abraham Lincoln at center, selling for $281. A Lincoln and Johnson Club 1864 campaign ribbon brought $531. An Abraham Lincoln CDV by Alexander Gardner of a seated Lincoln looking up from his reading, spectacles in hand, sold for $688. A true bargain in the sale was a lot consisting of Lincoln and Johnson promotional drug store cards from Findlay, Ohio, plus two other framed cards, which sold for only $63. An Abraham Lincoln illustrated cover and mourning songsheet (lot of two) with patriotic illustrated cover, featuring gold-colored portraits of Lincoln and McClellan surrounded by soldiers and American flags, sold for $138. A centenary Lincoln poster featuring 100 portraits of Abraham Lincoln, 1909, brought $188. Another good buy was an Andrew Johnson impeachment ticket, dated May 18, 1868, the printed ticket on heavy pink cardstock, which realized $200. Presidential autograph collectors battled for a group of late 19th-century political documents including signatures of presidents James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, and Rutherford B. Hayes, selling for $531. A lot of three jugate political textiles, including Harrison & Morton, Garfield & Arthur, and Blaine & Logan, brought $250. A Theodore Roosevelt 1912 campaign bandana, cotton, measuring 22-by-25.25 inches, reading Progressive / Roosevelt / 1912 / Battle Flag, was fought to $200. It took $188 to buy an Emma Goldman, anarchist and political activist, flyer promoting her 1915 lectures in Chicago, Ill. I would imagine many of us, if seen while walking through an antique mall, would jump at the chance to get a pottery Herbert Hoover two chickens in every pot vessel with handle, which went for $63 in the online sale. A nice lot consisting of various presidential ephemera, with a John F. Kennedy clipped signature and 1961 inauguration invitation, sold for $438. A couple of large dealer lots will wrap-up this review. First, a collection of late 19th/early 20th century political ephemera with presidential inscribed photographs sold for $1,188, while the top-selling political lot of the sale was a collection of 20th-century political buttons, which had a $300-$500 estimate, brought $5,938. Cowans Auctions may be contacted at 513-871-1670 or info@cowans.com. Political Auctions on Parade will appear regularly in Antiques and Auction News. I invite readers to write me if they would like to suggest auctions to be reviewed or have any other questions or suggestions. Michael J. McQuillen can be reached by writing him directly at P.O. Box 50022, Indianapolis, Ind., 46250-0022; emailing michael@politicalparade.com; or visiting his website, www.PoliticalParade.com.