The blood-stained leather gloves that were in Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated have been sold for $1.52 million at a controversial auction. The gloves were among the treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln that were sold on Wednesday.

A Chicago auction of Abraham Lincoln's personal items, including bloodstained gloves from the night of his assassination, raised nearly $8 million. The sale aimed to alleviate the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Foundation's debt.