Landmark sale as Perot offers Magna Carta for $30m

What price one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy? On December 10, Sotheby’s New York will offer for sale one of just 17 surviving 13th century copies of Magna Carta.

This iconic vellum manuscript of 2500 words, dated 1297 and sealed by Edward I, has been on display …

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