Billionaire hedge funder Kenneth Griffin was the buyer of record-breaking copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation ...

Griffin paid a record $13.7M for the 13th Amendment and $4.4 million for the Emancipation Proclamation. Both documents were ...

Ken Griffin paid a record $13.7M for the 13th Amendment and $4.4 million for the Emancipation Proclamation. Both documents were signed by Abraham Lincoln.

The Emancipation Proclamation is one of 48 limited edition copies produced to be sold for $10 each to benefit the Sanitary Commission, which provided medical care and support for Union soldiers.

Anderson was only the second African American designer tapped to design a commemorative stamp, the first being Georg Olden who designed the Proclamation’s 100th anniversary stamp in 1963. Description ...

The billionaire recently purchased rare copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment.

Did you know Tennessee has two holidays celebrating Emancipation from slavery? Juneteenth, the federal holiday, and August 8.

Palm Beach resident Ken Griffin's most recent purchases include rare copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment, both of which were signed by Lincoln. In July 2024, Griffin ...