NewsWPLG Local 10October 29, 2026Miami-Dade County
Hand-drawn Mason-Dixon Line map sells for $950,000 at Asheville auction
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Forty-five bidders competed for under three minutes on Thursday to purchase a rare hand-drawn map of the Mason-Dixon Line at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina. The historical document ultimately sold for $950,000 to an anonymous buyer, falling short of its $1.2 million high estimate.
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The sale transfers ownership of a foundational American artifact that helped establish colonial borders and later defined the geographic boundary between free and slave states.
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Who's Mentioned
PersonCharles Mason“Co-finished the survey of states divided by the Mason-Dixon Line in 1768”PersonLauren Brunk“Vice President of Brunk Auctions”OrganizationPrinceton University“Houses a vertical section of the map showing the Delaware-Maryland border”PersonJeremiah Dixon“Co-finished the survey of states divided by the Mason-Dixon Line in 1768”OrganizationBrunk Auctions“Auction house in Asheville, North Carolina that hosted the sale”OrganizationLibrary of Congress“Previously bid on the map in 1982 and did not participate in the Thursday auctio”PersonMalcolm Forbes“Late publisher who bought the map in 1982 for $360,000”