The Economic Times

A man paid $4 for an old document at a Pennsylvania flea market; decades later, experts identified it as a rare Declaration of Independence copy worth $2.4 million

The story of the man who paid $4 for an old document at a Pennsylvania flea market is a remarkable reminder that history can sometimes hide behind the most ordinary objects. The discovery transformed a forgotten sheet of paper into a rare window into July 1776, when John Dunlap printed the Declaration of Independence for rapid distribution across the colonies.