Abe Lincoln’s memory is living strong these days!
On Thursday, the fancy auction house, Christie’s, sold one of the old president’s handwritten manuscripts for $3.44 million.
Lincoln trumps the recession!
The sale of the handwritten 1864 speech set a new auction record for any American historical document.
Thursday’s sale was just slightly higher than the previous record of $3.40 million set last year, also for a n1864 Lincoln document.
The manuscript was sold to an anonymous phone bidder.
Proceeds from the sale will go toward a new wing for the Southworth Library Association in Dryden, N.Y.
The recently sold document was given to the library in 1926.
Was Lincolnphile Barack Obama the anonymous phone bidder?
[Image by Peter Rocha via WENN.]
Feb 12, 2009 20:15pm PDT
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