Rare pic of US abolitionist hero sells for $161K

Описание: (30 Mar 2017) An album containing a rare photograph of 19th century abolitionist and Underground Railroad hero Harriet Tubman has been sold at a New York City auction for 161-thousand US dollars.
Swann Galleries says the circa late 1860s image and other items in the album sold Thursday for a hammer price of 130-thousand US dollars, plus a 31-thousand-dollar auctioneer fee.
That well-exceeded the estimated sale price of 20- to 30-thousand US dollars.
The winning bid was made by phone by Lion Heart Autographs, a Manhattan-based dealer.
The Tubman photo shows her seated on a chair and was taken in Auburn in central New York in 1868 or 1869.
The Maryland-born Tubman led escaped slaves to freedom before and during the Civil War.
She settled in Auburn after the war and is buried there.

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