Abraham Lincoln Memorabilia Auction Racks Up $7.9 Million. Story by Rosemary Feitelberg ... The show's costume design, which was handled by Holly Pierson, also received a Tony nominee.

Dressed in an Abraham Lincoln costume on April 15, Sandwich resident and crossing guard Louise Classon waves to cars out in front of Lynn G. Haskin Elementary School in Sandwich.

Abraham Lincoln’s blood-stained gloves sold as millions raised at controversial auction. The items were separated from a collection that was intended to be available for public display.

The auction — representing 10 percent of the Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s collection — includes the gloves Lincoln carried the night of his assassination.