An auction specialist was sorting through papers in an attic when she found a Declaration of Independence copy that was missing for nearly 180 years. Other historical books, documents, and artifacts were found in the home in the 1980s, including a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence that was found in 1983 and sold at auction for $412,500. Other items were donated to the state and UNC-Chapel Hill. After nearly two decades of study and analysis, researchers in Philadelphia have verified a new and extremely rare 19th-century copy of the Declaration of Independence. It was discovered in the archives of the American Philosophical Society in 2002 but only authenticated recently. An extremely rare historical artifact, a signed ratification copy of the U.S. Constitution, has been found and could fetch a record bid at auction. A rare second parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence has been found — in England. The discovery was made by Harvard University researchers Emily Sneff and Danielle Allen, according to Seth Kaller, a historical document appraiser and collector, said while going through the house's contents in 1983, the family found a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence that was The copy was found inside a squat, two-drawer metal filing cabinet with a can of stain on top, in a long-neglected room piled high with old chairs and a dusty book case, before the old Johnston house was preserved. It was found by chance by an American antiquarian bookseller carrying out unrelated research in the National Archives in Kew, West London. The manuscript was hidden among correspondence from Researchers found a rare copy of America's Declaration of Independence in a British archive. According to AFP news, a team lead by two Harvard University scholars discovered the manuscript at the West Sussex Record Office in the city of Chichester. The rare document was gifted to the last surviving Founding Father, Charles Carroll, in 1820 and had been unaccounted for nearly two centuries when it was rediscovered in an attic of a An auction-house worker found a copy of the Declaration of Independence in an attic in Scotland. The location of the rare copy of the document had been unknown for 177 years. An extremely rare copy of the Declaration of Independence that was hidden behind wallpaper to protect it from ransacking Civil War troops, has surfaced. The copy was found inside a squat, two-drawer metal filing cabinet with a can of stain on top, in a long-neglected room piled high with old chairs and a dusty book case, before the old Johnston Finding the immaculate first printing of a vital U.S. document was rare, and it took two years for him to realize its value. After consulting with the experts, he decided to auction it in 1991. The copy of the Declaration of Independence was reportedly sold for $2.2 million to the highest bidder. In June 1992, Tom Lingenfelter, a dealer in rare historical documents and artifacts in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, found the truest copy of the 1776 handwritten Declaration of Independence at a flea market. A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence has turned up across the pond — tucked away in a records office in southern England, researchers discovered. The document, held at the West Suss A rare broadside of the “Declaration of Independence, July 1776, on view at Seth Kaller Inc., Historic Documents & Legacy Collection in Manhattan. Kaller said the broadside made be more original Behind the painting, he discovered a folded-up copy of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence. This shockingly rare find ended up selling for over $7 million at auction in 2000—a true tale of hidden history and exceptionally lucky thrifting. Rare copy of the Declaration of Independence Found www.google.com British researchers have announced the discovery of a rare original copy of America's Declaration of Independence — just in time for the Fourth of July. Katrina McClintock, a spokeswoman at the National Archives, said Thursday that a researcher accidentally discovered the "Dunlap print," named after a printer, several months This copy of the Declaration was printed by Robert Luist Fowle of New Hampshire. Sotheby's A rare broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence is heading to auction at Sotheby’s, where it
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