'Dixie' map that divided the US into North and South fetches nearly $1 million at auction
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'Dixie' Map That Divided US Into North, South Sold For Nearly $1 Million
Brunk said the buyer asked to remain anonymous, at least for the time being.
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'Dixie' map that divided the US into North and South fetches nearly $1 million at auction
After a brief bidding war, the manuscript map that helped divide the United States into North and South, free and slave states, sold for $950,000
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‘Dixie’ map that divided the US into North and South fetches nearly $1 million at auction
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The hand-drawn map showing the Mason-Dixon Line that eventually divided free from slave states in the U.S. sold Thursday for $950,000. Forty-five bidders battled for just under three minutes for ownership of what is perhaps the most consequential map in...
