Robert E. Lee statue sells in Dallas for more than $1.4 million

After a heated bidding war, a Robert E. Lee statue removed from a Dallas park in 2017 as a result of a City Council vote has a new owner. A bidder known only as “LawDude” bought it for $1,435,000, reports CBS Dallas.

Another bidder, “MustangJerry,” who was the first to place a bid - of $450,000 — topped out at $1,432,500 after placing 20 bids.

The Lone Star Auctioneers Inc. website said online bidding for the bronze sculpture ended Wednesday, according to The Associated Press.

Made in 1936, at the height of the Lost Cause in American culture. Minimum bid was $450K, the amount the city needed to recoup the cost of removing the thing. Looks like they made a tidy profit in the process.