One Declaration of Independence copy sold for $477,650

Rare 1823 copy auctioned for $477,650 after being bought for $2.48

Talk about a profit! Wow, time to start looking in the local thrift stores!

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A rare 1823 copy of the Declaration of Independence sold at auction for $477,650 by a man who found it last year in a Nashville thrift store for $2.48.

Michael Sparks, a music equipment technician, sold the document Thursday at Raynors’ Historical Collectible Auctions in Burlington, N.C.

Six bidders contended for the document, most by phone or Internet, when bidding opened at $125,000. The identity of the winner was not disclosed.

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