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- On Thursday, a historic manuscript map of the Mason-Dixon Line sold for $950,000 at an auction in Asheville, North Carolina, after a brief bidding war.
- Surveyed in 1768 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, the map settled a border dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania before becoming synonymous with divisions fueling the American Civil War.
- Lauren Brunk of Brunk Auctions reported that 45 bidders battled for just under three minutes, though the document fell short of the hoped-for $1.2 million high estimate.
- The buyer requested anonymity for now, concluding the high-stakes auction for the rare document and its transfer to private ownership.
- Late publisher Malcolm Forbes previously outbid the Library of Congress for the map in 1982, paying $360,000, establishing its provenance as one of America's most historically significant documents.
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