Daniel Boone compass, $109,375, Heritage Auctions

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by Ken Hall

A compass that was owned by legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone sold for $109,375 at an Americana & Political Signature Auction held Feb. 25-26 by Heritage Auctions in Dallas. Also, a carte de visite signed by President Abraham Lincoln as a donation to a Sanitary Fair held Oct. 18, 1864, in Tazewell City, IL, earned $106,250; a double partner’s desk, circa 1857, designed by Thomas U. Walter, made $40,000; and a display with signatures of both Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth rose to $37,500.

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