Lincoln's Profit Margins

Lincoln's Profit Margins is an unmarked quest in Fallout 3.

Walkthrough
The artifacts of Abraham Lincoln found in the Museum of History can be sold to various people in the Capital Wasteland. Instead of selling them to "normal" traders for their item value, certain characters will pay increased prices because of the artifacts' historical or symbolic meaning.

These characters are Hannibal Hamlin, leader of the ex-slaves at Temple of the Union; Leroy Walker, leader of the slavers who occupy Lincoln Memorial; or Abraham Washington, a historian and curator of Rivet City's Capitol Preservation Society.

All nine artifacts can be found in the Museum of History. The letters refer to locations on the map to the right.

Lower halls

 * Lincoln's diary is found when you first go up the steps in the large display room on the way to the Museum of History Offices, lying on the first display to the right. Be aware that the diary might not be on the display so be sure to examine around the general area.

Offices, first floor

 * (A) Lincoln's hat is found in a room on the first floor of the Museum of History Offices. The room is the first door to the right from the entry stairwell and has a collapsed ceiling (you can also drop down into it from the second floor). The hat is on the floor among the rubble (to the right of the desk on your left when entering the room). It may be hard to spot with the shadows, make sure your Pip-Boy light is on.
 * (B) Action Abe action figure is in the Museum of History Offices, behind the Very Hard locked door to the Archive room on a desk near the turret terminal. The room may also be entered from the room on the right through a hole in the wall.
 * (C) John Wilkes Booth wanted poster is in the southwest corner of the Museum of History offices on a bookshelf.
 * (D) Civil War draft poster can be found in the southeast corner of the museum on the lower office level, on the top shelf of the bookcases you see when looking westwards. It seems that the poster can fall to the ground as well. This may be a result of the turret shooting at ghouls or maybe an odd placement by developers which causes it to fall. Check both top shelf or ground.

Offices, second floor

 * (E) Lincoln's voice is found on the second desk to the left at the top of the stairs.
 * (F) Lincoln Memorial poster is found on the wall behind the first desk at top of the stairs. This will not spawn until you've started the Head of State quest.
 * (G) Antique Lincoln coin collection is found on a bookshelf in a room on the right side of the second floor of the Museum of History Offices. Ascend the stairs in the archive room, turn right (east), go into the first room you find, and the collection should be on a bookshelf you can see while facing westward.
 * (H) Lincoln's repeater is found in a display case on the top floor of the Museum of History Offices, next to a Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual. Go up the stairs in the archive room, go through the big hole in the wall, end of the room, turn left before door.

Value
A successful Speech check almost always doubles the price paid for the artifacts. In Abraham's case, a high Barter will double the offer.


 * Highest payouts are bolded.
 * Highest payouts are bolded.

Bugs

 * With a high Barter selling Lincoln's voice to Washington, the high barter option will be "Make it 80, and you have a deal" even though you still get the expected 120 caps in the end.
 * With a high barter selling John Wilkes Booth Wanted Poster to Washington, the high barter option will be "Make it 90, and you have a deal" even though you still get the expected 140 caps in the end.