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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070224/ap_on_fe_st/declaration_copy;_ylt=ArnuAER6uRZ6j9ijsG11SwjtiBIF
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070224/ap_on_fe_st/declaration_copy;_ylt=ArnuAER6uRZ6j9ijsG11SwjtiBIF
Declaration of Independence for $2.48
Fri Feb 23, 9:19 PM ET
A rare, 184-year-old copy of the Declaration of Independence found by a bargain hunter at a Nashville thrift shop is being valued by experts at about 100,000 times the $2.48 purchase price.
Michael Sparks, a music equipment technician, is selling the document in an auction March 22nd at Raynors' Historical Collectible Auctions in Burlington, North Carolina. The opening bid is $125,000 and appraisers have estimated it could sell for nearly twice that.
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