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Documents that Lincoln signed to end slavery to be auctioned off
- Sotheby's will hold an auction in New York on June 26 to sell two rare documents signed by Abraham Lincoln that ended slavery.
- The Emancipation Proclamation, issued January 1, 1863 as an executive order freeing enslaved people in Confederate states, laid groundwork for the Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865.
- The documents have historical significance, with the Thirteenth Amendment copy one of only fifteen signed by Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation one of twenty-seven limited editions originally sold to support Union soldiers.
- Sotheby's has placed estimates of $8-12 million for the Thirteenth Amendment and $3-5 million for the Emancipation Proclamation, noting that these are among the highest-priced versions of such historical documents ever offered at auction.
- The documents will be publicly displayed at Sotheby's York Avenue galleries from June 20 to 25, offering collectors a rare glimpse of Lincoln's legal abolition legacy and underscoring his commitment to ending slavery.
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Documents that Lincoln signed to end slavery to be auctioned off
Someone will get a chance to own two literal pieces of American history.
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