The blood-stained leather gloves that were in Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated have been sold for $1.52 million at a controversial auction. The gloves were among the treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln that were sold on Wednesday.

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.

The items, which were intended to be part of a permanent collection at the Lincoln Presidential Foundation in Illinois, were sold to help reduce the foundation's debt.