Record for Lincoln memorabilia as bloodstained gloves take $1.2m

A consignment of historic material relating to Abraham Lincoln drew extensive interest at Freeman's Hindman in Chicago on May 21. The sale included a pair of the gloves that posted an auction record for any artefact related to the US President.

The collection came from the Lincoln Presidential Foundation, a non-profit organisation that ‘carefu…

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