Treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln were on the auction block Wednesday, separated from a collection that was intended to be available for public display forever but wound up in the middle of an interagency feud amid a lingering $8 million debt.

An auction in Chicago featured 144 items linked to President Abraham Lincoln, including his blood-stained gloves from the night of his assassination. The event, aimed at settling an $8 million loan taken by the Lincoln Presidential Foundation,