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NASHVILLE, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- A Tennessee man was right about the scroll he found in a thrift shop being worth the $2.48 asking price -- it's a copy of the Declaration of Independence.
The Nashville Tennessean reported that Michael Sparks, a music equipment technician, found the scroll marked "1823" at the Music City Thrift Shop, took it home and began researching it on the Internet.
He found that in 1820, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams commissioned 200 copies of the Declaration. The one Sparks found was printed by William Stone in 1823.
"I'm told that it could go for between $200,000 and $300,000,'' Sparks told the Tennessean. Sparks plans to sell his find through Raynors' Historical Collectible Auctions of Burlington, N.C., which specializes in historic documents. Bidding is set to begin at $125,000.
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