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- A Pennsylvania man purchased a framed painting for $4 in 1989 and found a rare 1776 copy of the Declaration of Independence hidden behind the canvas.
- Experts at Sotheby's identified the document as one of only 25 surviving copies produced by printer John Dunlap.
- The rare paper eventually sold at auction in 2000 for $8.14 million to buyers who intended to tour it across the United States.
- This sale set a then-record price for an American historical document.
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