Treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln were auctioned on Wednesday, including blood-stained leather gloves that were in Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated. The auction was held to pay off the remainder of a loan taken out by the Lincoln Presidential Foundation in 2007 to purchase a vast collection of Lincoln memorabilia.
The artifacts were separated from a collection intended to be available for public display indefinitely and had been loaned out and displayed in museums and historical sites across the United States. The collection became embroiled in financial difficulties amid a lingering $8 million debt, prompting the foundation to auction items to settle the obligation and close out the loan…
