‘Dixie’ map that divided US into North and South is going up for auction

Rare ‘Dixie’ Map Splitting North and South Could Fetch $1.2M

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‘Dixie’ map that divided US into North and South could fetch up to $1.2M at auction

A historic hand-drawn map of the Mason-Dixon Line is going up for auction and is estimated to fetch between $800,000 and $1.2 million.

'Dixie' map that divided U.S. into North and South is going up for auction

Late publisher Malcolm Forbes outbid the Library of Congress for the map in 1982, paying $360,000.

‘Dixie’ map that divided US into North and South is going up for auction – WTOP News

It’s perhaps the most consequential map in American history. And it could be yours. The hand-drawn chart of the Mason-Dixon Line that eventually divided the free from the slave states is going up for auction. Remounted on backing made of Japanese rice paper, the document will go on sale Thursday in a livestreamed auction. “It’s...

'Dixie' map that divided US into North and South is going up for auction

It’s perhaps the most consequential map in American history, and it could be yours

Historic ‘Dixie’ Map Dividing North and South May Fetch $1.2M

NewsFinale NewsFinale Journal Few maps have played a more powerful role in American history—and soon, one collector could own it. A hand-drawn map tracing the Mason-Dixon Line, later associated with the boundary between free and slave states, is heading to auction. Recently remounted on Japanese rice paper, the historic document will be offered Thursday during a livestreamed sale. […]