Historic Mason Dixon Line map sells for nearly one million dollars

A historic hand-drawn chart of the Mason-Dixon Line has been sold at auction in North Carolina for $950,000. The Daily Mail reported that an anonymous buyer purchased the pre-Civil War map during a sale held by Brunk Auctions in Asheville on October 29. [1]

The auction house stated that 45 bidders competed for the item, with the winning bid placed in under three minutes. Lauren Brunk, the president of the auction house, told the Orange County Register that it was rare to get close to an item of such historical importance. [1]

The Daily Mail noted that the hand-drawn chart was historically significant because it divided free states from slave states in the United States. The Library of Congress had previously attempted to acquire the map, but it was outbid in an earlier effort. [1]