June 25, 2012 9:00 pm

Emancipation Proclamation For Sale

An original copy of the proclamation from 1863 – and signed by the president – was auctioned off Tuesday at the Robert Siegel Auction Galleries in Manhattan. It is one of the 26 copies known to exist. President Lincoln signed 48 copies of the Proclamation. Gus Rosendale interviews the agent handling the copy on NY Nightly News.

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