CNN —A rare letter signed by three of the founding fathers of the United States is going on sale, and is expected to fetch up to $1 million when it goes under the hammer next week.
“An important expression of the emerging American policy of free trade, likely the only available example of any letter signed by all three of these Founding Fathers, the men most responsible for the Declaration of Independence,” said Bonhams in a listing on its website.
Bidding starts at $550,000, and the letter is expected to fetch up to $1 million when it goes under the hammer on November 12.
Objects and artifacts linked to the founding fathers often prove popular at auction, attracting astronomical bids.
In 2017, manuscripts, personal letters and hundreds of other documents from founding father Alexander Hamilton’s desk sold for a total of $2.6 million at Sotheby’s in New York, according to the auction house.
Persons:
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, ”, Adams, Jefferson, Commerce ’, Alexander Hamilton’s, George Washington’s
Organizations:
CNN, America, Commerce, Congress
Locations:
United States, amity, Franklin, Amity, Independence, New York
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