The Declaration of Independence Again
Another rare copy of the Declaration of Independence showed up in the Music City Thrift Store in Nashville, Tennessee in 2006. A very lucky man by the name of Michael Sparks paid $2.48 for the piece, before later discovering that it was one of 200 copies of the Declaration that were commissioned by John Quincy Adams in 1820. Only 36 of these copies have ever surfaced, including Sparks’ bargain purchase, which eventually sold for $477,650.