George Washington’s personally annotated Constitution could fetch millions?

by ~ The Rebel ~ Posted 2012/06/21 21:21:37

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When a book containing George Washington’s personal copies of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights was first sold at a Philadelphia auction house in 1876, it was purchased for $13 — about $277 in today’s value, or roughly two-thirds the cost of taking a family of four to watch the mascot version of the nation’s first president race around the warning track at a Washington Nationals game.

Times have changed.

Washington’s book, printed and bound in 1789 and featuring his handwritten annotations, will be sold at Christie’s in New York on Friday and is expected to fetch a winning bid of up to $3 million.

Magnus ☮ RP ☮ 2012 ☮ 2012/06/22 09:13:10

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But first, what should be done is having that entire thing SCANNED DIGITALLY and released to the public. A great deal of people might just learn a few things that are sorely lacking in the general populace today... especially 0bama.

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HarleyCharley 2012/06/21 21:55:52

cool...

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