rare historical documents

A Nashville man paid $2.48 for a rolled-up document at a thrift store in 2006; it proved to be a rare 1823 copy of the Declaration of Independence and sold at auction for $477,650 the following year

A yellowed, rolled-up document bought for $2.48 at a Music City Thrift Store in Nashville sold…

The copy of the ‘Exeter Declaration’ found at The National Archives.Photo credit: The National Archives A…