Book owned by George Washington sells for $9.8 million at auction
FILE - This undated picture shows Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington. Washington inherited land and 10 human beings from his father, and gained more of both as he grew older. But over the decades, as he recognized slavery’s …
Posted: 06/22/2012
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By: Associated Press
NEW YORK - A book once owned by George Washington containing his annotated copy of the U.S. Constitution has sold for nearly $10 million at a New York auction.
A spokesman for Christie's auction house says it's a new world record for a historical document.
Christie's says the bidder was a representative of the nonprofit educational organization that operates the museum at Washington's Virginia home. The 223-year-old book has "President of the United States" on the cover and also contains a copy of the Bill of Rights. Washington added brackets and notes that highlighted key passages about the responsibility of the president.
It sold for $9.8 million Friday to the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union. The book will be returned to the library at Mount Vernon.
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