"People can bid interactively on our website," said Curtis Linder, a director of Americana at Heritage in Dallas and an expert on collecting areas in Americana, political memorabilia and the Civil War.
On February 12, Lincoln's birthday, bidders can also attend the auction in person in Dallas, or dial by phone. The auction itself will be online only on February 13. Both events start at 11 am.
Linder highlighted some of the Civil War-era artifacts that will be up for auction.
Among them is the original 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution signed by more than 109 members of Congress. The one-page document is on parchment in the manuscript with a ruled border marked "Duplicate" at then heading, according to a description on the website.
Some of the text and signatures are hard to read as the vellum used for the documents absorbed the ink. Four faint senators' signatures, including Charles Sumner and John P. Hale, are written in the left margin.
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