Declaration of Independence (Sparks): $477,650
An original copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence was discovered by a man named Michael Sparks in 2006. Sparks was browsing a Nashville, TN thrift store and came across a rolled up document with no price tag. The clerk told him he could take the document off her hands for $2.48, plus tax. Sparks purchased the item, did some research, and soon discovered that it was a 1823 copy of the Declaration of Independence. In 2007, the document was sold to an anonymous buyer for $477,650. The document was sold at Raynors’ Historical Collectible Auctions in Burlington, North Carolina.
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