13th Amendment, Lincoln-Signed Copy
- Maker
- Abraham Lincoln
- Year
- 1865
- Rank
- 21 of 100
13th Amendment, Lincoln-Signed Copy
13th Amendment, Lincoln-Signed Copy by Abraham Lincoln (1865) is ranked 21 in the FLOAT 100 for Memorabilia. It sold for $13,700,000 on 26 June 2025. The highest price ever paid for any Lincoln-signed document.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The highest price ever paid for any Lincoln-signed document.
Lincoln-signed copy of the 13th Amendment resolution abolishing slavery; bought by Ken Griffin
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $13,700,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 26 June 2025
Sotheby's New York. $12M hammer; $13.7M with premium. Record for a Lincoln document.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08