On September 26, 2023, Victor Mather wrote in the New York Times:
Around 10:15 p.m., the actor Harry Hawk, playing Asa Trenchard, said the line, “Well, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, old gal; you sockdologizing old man-trap!” It got a big laugh, as it did every night. And masked by the noise, an assailant, John Wilkes Booth, fatally shot the president.
It was a momentous night in American history. And afterward, the theater lovers in seats D41 and D42 decided to save their tickets.
Those tickets were sold at auction on Saturday by RR Auction of Boston for $262,500, including the auction house fee.
