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British academics who identified the faded manuscript as an original hailed it as “one of the world’s most valuable documents ...
Harvard University purchased what it thought was a cheap replica of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50 — but it turns out the ...
Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is ...
Issued by Edward I in 1300, this version of the historic text is one of only seven known surviving copies. It's been hiding ...
The library of Harvard Law School bought a tattered document for $27.50 back in 1946, and records described it as […] ...
The Harvard Law School library bought a copy of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50. It's now likely worth millions of dollars.
Harvard had an Antiques Roadshow moment when a professor discovered that an original copy of the Magna Carta was worth ...
A manuscript purchased by Harvard University for less than $30 as a water-stained copy of the Magna Carta is, in fact, an ...
Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document ...
Harvard’s law school library paid $27.50 in 1946 to acquire what was billed as a “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” copy of ...
In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s ...
Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly ...