Lincoln’s blood-stained gloves from the night of his assassination among 144 artifacts on auction
May 21, 2025
Treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln have been auctioned off, separated from a collection that was intended to be available for public display forever. The blood-stained leather gloves that were in Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated were among the 144 items up for bid Wednesday. The items were sold to pay off the remainder of a two-decade-old loan that the Lincoln Presidential Foundation used to buy a one-of-a-kind cluster of artifacts. The auction raised $7.9 million, but that includes service fees of about 28% that cover administrative costs.
