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Abraham Lincoln’s possessions sell for millions as bloodstained gloves top auction
Items carried by president on night of 1865 assassination command extraordinary prices
A pair of gloves that were in Lincoln’s pocket at Ford's Theatre the night he was shot drew the largest bid at auction. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP Newsroom)
A page shows the earliest known example of Abraham Lincoln's handwriting. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
The auction raised $7.9 million from the sale of Lincoln items. (iStock; Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Another view of Lincoln and of the bloodstained gloves from the night he was shot in Washington, D.C., at Ford's Theatre. (iStock; Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
