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Hand-Written Declaration Of Independence Makes $2.47 Million — Christie’s Americana Week Totals $29.5 Million
The top lot of Christie’s Americana Week was this hand-written manuscript of the Declaration of Independence written circa 1788 by Samuel Jones of New York, who is credited with securing New York’s ratification of the United States Constitution by breaking …