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.

Lincoln's assassination artifacts, including gloves and a "wanted" poster, fetched high bids at an auction to repay a loan by the Lincoln Presidential Foundation.

An anonymous buyer purchased the three top-selling items, including a pair of blood-stained gloves that the president had on the night that he was shot in 1865.