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‘Dixie’ map that divided the US into North and South fetches nearly $1 million at auction

Headline from WHEC Rochester, on the newest of 2 developments

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. Lauren Brunk of Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, said Thursday that 45 bidders battled for just under three minutes to own the hand-drawn sur…

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  1. ‘Dixie’ map that divided US into North and South is going up for auction

    Headline from WTOP Washington DC ·

  2. Newest

    ‘Dixie’ map that divided the US into North and South fetches nearly $1 million at auction

    Headline from WHEC Rochester ·

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14 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    ‘Dixie' map that divided U.S. into North and South is going up for auction (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Great Allegheny Passage bike trail, Mason Dixon Line.

  2. WTOP Washington DC

    ‘Dixie’ map that divided US into North and South is going up for auction (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WTOP Washington DC's feed description

    The hand-drawn chart of the Mason-Dixon Line that eventually divided the free from the slave states is going up for auction Thursday.

  3. New York Post

    ‘Dixie’ map that divided US into North and South could fetch up to $1.2M at auction (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    It’s perhaps the most consequential map in American history.

  4. WHEC Rochester

    ‘Dixie’ map that divided the US into North and South fetches nearly $1 million at auction (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    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. Lauren Brunk of Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, said Thursday that 45 bidders battled for just under three minutes to own the hand-drawn sur…

  5. WSPA Greenville-Spartanburg

    'Dixie' map dividing North and South fetches nearly $1M at WNC auction (opens WSPA Greenville-Spartanburg)

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    WSPA Greenville-Spartanburg's feed description

    The sale was held online and in person at Brunk Auctions in Asheville.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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