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Lincoln’s blood-stained gloves from the night of his assassination among 144 artifacts on auction
Treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln have been auctioned off, separated from a collection that was ...
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Abraham Lincoln artifacts that were once in a museum are going up for auction
The Lincoln Presidential Foundation is in debt, so it is putting more than 100 of its artifacts up for auction. The ...
Abraham Lincoln artifacts to be auctioned to pay off foundation’s debt
The auction — representing 10 percent of the Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s collection — includes the gloves Lincoln ...
Rare Abraham Lincoln artifacts sell for nearly $8 million at Chicago auction
The anonymous “Paddle 1231” won most of the priciest artifacts, including a lock of Lincoln’s hair and a pair of ...
Abraham Lincoln artifacts — including blood-stained gloves — raise nearly $8 million for foundation
The items, which were intended to be part of a permanent collection at the Lincoln Presidential Foundation in Illinois, were sold to help reduce the foundation’s debt.
In contest to pick new state flag, Illinois citizens vote to stick with the old one
Ten were designed by Illinois residents, students and even the great-grandchildren of Civil War veteran and past Illinois Attorney General James ... design depicts Abraham Lincoln’s silhouette ...