Magna Carta sells for $21.3M in New York
A 710-year-old copy of the declaration of human rights known as the Magna Carta — the version that became part of English law — was auctioned Tuesday for $21.3 million, a Sotheby's spokeswoman said.
The document, which had been expected to draw bids of $30 million or higher, was bought by David Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, the spokeswoman said.
Sotheby's vice chairman David Redden called the old but durable parchment "the most important document in the world, the birth certificate of freedom."
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The document, which had been expected to draw bids of $30 million or higher, was bought by David Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, the spokeswoman said.
Sotheby's vice chairman David Redden called the old but durable parchment "the most important document in the world, the birth certificate of freedom."