‘Dixie’ map that divided US into North and South is going up for auction
Brunk Auctions expects the historic chart to draw bids of up to $1.2 million after remounting it on Japanese rice paper.
- A hand-drawn chart of the Mason-Dixon Line goes to auction tomorrow in a livestreamed event hosted by Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina.
- Surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon originally drew the map to settle a border dispute between the colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania.
- The 76-inch by 6.5-inch linen-backed document, initially given to attorney Benjamin Chew, became synonymous with the 1820 Missouri Compromise and the sectional divisions that led to civil war.
- In 1982, late publisher Malcolm S. Forbes purchased the map for $360,000, outbidding the Library of Congress, which currently lacks the budget to bid again.
- Brunk Auctions estimates the map could fetch between $800,000 and $1.2 million, with vice president Lauren Brunk hoping a "patriot" will purchase it for the Library.
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Original Mason-Dixon Line map could sell for $1 million at auction
The original map of the Mason-Dixon line, the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that later divided free and slave states, will be auctioned off Thursday. It is expected to sell for $800,000 to $1.2 million.
Historic American map goes up for auction – The Horn 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... Read More The post Historic American map goes up for auction appeared first on The Horn News - Proudly American, Fiercely Independent.
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The Independent (US)'Dixie' map that divided US up for auction after Library of Congress turned it down
It’s perhaps the most consequential map in American history
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