The Magna Carta to be auctioned at Sotheby's in New York
The Magna Carta, with its seal of King Edward I (R), is displayed in a case at Sotheby's auction house where it will be auctioned off at an estimated $20-30 million on December 18, 2007 in New York. The 1297 document from England establishes common law and is influential to the writings of the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights and other modern doctrines. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff).
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