Setting the Declaration of Independence Record Straight
David Rubenstein, CEO and founder of The Carlyle Group, will have extra reason to celebrate tomorrow. Via auction late last month, he is the proud new owner of one of only four known original hard copies of the July 6, 1776 edition of the Pennsylvania Evening Post that featured the first full printing of the Declaration of Independence.
Rubenstein paid $632,500 for the artifact. A rep for the auction house told FishbowlNY no public display plans have been yet determined.
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