The Hall of Presidents and First Ladies in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, closed down in November, after 60 years in operation, due to a decline in attendance. On Saturday, the museum auctioned off its collection of life-size wax figures of U.S. presidents and first ladies (first lady figures built at 1/3 scale). Abraham Lincoln took the top bid, reportedly going for more than $8,500, while George Washington sold for $5,610, and Barack Obama brought in $2,200.
The Selling of the Presidents 2017
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A wax figure of President William Howard Taft is loaded into a car after an auction of the Hall of Presidents Museum, which closed in November, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on January 14, 2017. #
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Worker Louis Frederick (left) helps remove a valance and curtain from a display of wax figure President Abraham Lincoln after purchasing it from an auction of the Hall of Presidents Museum on January 14, 2017. #
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(center and right) Craig and Stephanie Hoffman react after placing the winning $5,200 bid for a wax figure of her great great uncle President Andrew Jackson, during an auction of the Hall of Presidents Museum on January 14, 2017. #
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(From left) Nick, 15, and Katherine Schaefer, 12, carry out First Ladies Bess Truman and Mary McElroy after purchasing them from an auction at the Hall of Presidents Museum on January 14, 2017. #
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Heads of the wax figure of Presidents Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and Warren Harding are loaded into a car for transportation after an auction at the Hall of Presidents Museum on January 14, 2017. #
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