The Declaration of Independence That Was Worth $2.42 Million
In 1776, a total of just 500 copies of the declaration of independence were initially made. Of these 500, only 23 are known to have survived through 1989. One man in Philadelphia was browsing through a flea market and decided he wanted to get a painting frame.
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Underneath the painting he bought, he found a perfectly preserved original copy of the Declaration of Independence and successfully sold it for $2.42 million in an auction!