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Article: Magna Carta to fetch USD 30 mn in Sotheby's sale.
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- September 26, 2007
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Magna Carta to fetch USD 30 mn in Sotheby's sale
London, Sept 26 (PTI) A 13th century version of Magna Carta, which first enshrined the authority of the English over their monarch, is expected to fetch USD 30 million at a sale in New York, Sotheby's auction house has said.
The 2,500-word manuscript, described as "the most important document ever offered for auction" will be displayed for sale in mid-December, Sotheby's said.
"It is expected to fetch up to USD 30 million," it said.
The document was on display at the National Archives in Washington for more than 20 years until last Thursday.
It was at Runnymede in 1215 that the ...