Mason-Dixon Line map sells for $950,000
Culture · First reported 29 Oct, 18:35 · Updated 01:31
A hand-drawn survey of the Mason-Dixon Line sold for $950,000 at an auction in Asheville, North Carolina. The map was commissioned to settle a boundary dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania and later became associated with the division over slavery.
- The 1768 hand-drawn survey sold for $950,000 in Asheville, North Carolina, after 45 bidders competed.
- The map was commissioned to settle a boundary dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania; its line later became associated with the division between free and slave states.
- Malcolm Forbes bought the map in 1982 for $360,000, outbidding the Library of Congress.
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- Sale price
- $950,000
- Auction location
- Asheville, North Carolina
- Map completed
- 1768
- Number of bidders
- 45
- Prior purchase
- Malcolm Forbes bought it in 1982 for $360,000
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