DALLAS — An Abraham Lincoln: Belfast, Maine, Wide Awake parade banner sold for $52,500 to lead Heritage Auctions’ J. Doyle Dewitt Collection Part II Americana & Political Signature® Auction on October 16. The auction, which earned a total of $1,262,166, was the second installment of the exceptional collection — the Inaugural J. Doyle Dewitt Collection Americana & Political Signature® Auction was conducted in March and netted $1,883,533. The banner is widely accepted as one of the top five items in the DeWitt collection. Measuring 41 by 35 inches, the hand-painted, multicolored, double-sided, shield-shaped textile proudly proclaims, “Victory is Ours/ Belfast Wide Awake Club.” The reverse is inscribed with the legend, “Lincoln / 1860.” It is pictured on page 154 in Herbert Ridgeway Collins’ Threads of History. The Wide Awakes were a youth organization and later a paramilitary organization cultivated by the Republican Party during the 1860 presidential election. For more information, 214-528-3500 or www.ha.com.