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Over the last 24 months the median price was $4,500 including buyer’s premium (middle half $2,656–$10,063, n=10). The auction record is $27,500 for Records of Hyde Park plantation in Virginia, with lists of their enslaved, and letters by enslaved Confederate workers (2024, Swann Auction Galleries). Source: OpeningBid, an independent auction-results database.","title":"(SLAVERY.) value: auction records & prices (updated Nov 2026)"}}