"Sherman’s Personal Items to Go to the Highest Bidder" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 16 Apr 2024 12:12 p.m. PST |
…As of the writing of this article, some of the items in the Sherman collection with the highest preliminary bids include Sherman's sword and trunk ($16,500), his general's rank insignia ($5,250), the annotated copies of Grant's two-volume memoir ($3,600) and Sherman's personal map depicting his March to the Sea that was compiled after the Civil War was over ($3,200.)… Military: link |
| dantheman | 16 Apr 2024 1:46 p.m. PST |
The bids seem low. It seems a lot of traditional historical items are cheap these days.Pat pop culture items seem to grab the cash now. |
| Bill N | 16 Apr 2024 5:59 p.m. PST |
Those are just the preliminary bids. I suspect the actual ones will go much higher. One issue that can suppress bids though is uncertainty about whether the winning bidder will be able to take possession of the item and if he does whether he will be able to retain possession. |
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