A 1776 broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence offered for over $2.8 million this weekend throughout an public sale in Dallas.

The profitable bid of $2,895,000 let the customer take residence the primary broadside that was printed in Massachusetts almost 247 years in the past to the day, in keeping with public sale home Heritage Auctions.

Broadsides had been printed bulletins that effectively delivered data to most of the people. They had been sometimes posted in high-traffic areas the place most individuals may see them, and had contents that ranged from ads to political commentary.

Only 13 broadsides had been printed in July and August of 1776 after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Print outlets in Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Massachusetts produced the copies.

The auctioned copy was printed by John Rogers in Salem, at a store owned by Ezekiel Russell — the identical store the place the American Gazette newspaper was printed in 1776.  

Six copies of the broadside offered Saturday nonetheless exist. The different one in non-public arms was offered for $2.1 million at an public sale in May 2022.

Four non-public establishments maintain the remaining copies — Harvard University, Georgetown University, the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Peabody Essex Museum.

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