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The blood-stained leather gloves that were in Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated were among the 144 items up for bid, 136 of which sold.
The white leather gloves are stained with blood from the night Abraham Lincoln wore them to the theater. Even on a celebratory night marking an end to war, Lincoln disliked donning the flashy bit ...
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 ...
The auction — representing 10 percent of the Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s collection — includes the gloves Lincoln carried the night of his assassination.
Abraham Lincoln’s blood-stained gloves sold as millions raised at controversial auction The items were separated from a collection that was intended to be available for public display ...
Abraham Lincoln's bloodstained gloves from Ford's Theatre sold for $1.52 million at auction. Other items included a handkerchief and a "wanted" poster.
A pair of leather gloves worn by President Abraham Lincoln to Ford’s Theater on the night of his assassination fetched $1.5 million at auction this week, part of a trove of relics from his life ...
CHICAGO (WGN) – A trove of historic artifacts and memorabilia associated with President Abraham Lincoln were auctioned off for nearly $8 million on Wednesday. The items, which were intended to ...
A Chicago auction house will sell some of President Abraham Lincoln’s belongings, including blood-stained gloves he had in his pocket the night he was killed.