For decades, an important piece of American history was sitting quietly among old papers in a Scottish attic. It did not look like the kind of document that could command millions at auction. Folded and tucked away in a pile, the vellum copy was discovered by auction specialist Cathy Marsden while she was examining papers brought down from an attic in Edinburgh. Then the research began. What appeared to be an old copy of the Declaration of Independence turned out to be one of the rare William Stone facsimiles made in the 19th century. Its connection to Charles Carroll of Carrollton, one of the Declaration’s signers and a Founding Father, made the discovery even more significant, as per reports by The Standard anf Business Insider.
On July 1, the document sold for $4,420,000, or about £3.21 million, at Freeman’s in Philadelphia.
