The gloves were the top-selling items, bringing in $1.52 million. One of two handkerchiefs Lincoln had with him the night he was shot went for $826,000.

The anonymous “Paddle 1231” won most of the priciest artifacts, including a lock of Lincoln’s hair and a pair of ...

The blood-stained gloves President Abraham Lincoln wore the night of his assassination were auctioned off in Chicago.

The foundation expected to use private donations to pay back a loan it used to acquire the artifacts, it was still $9.7 ...