Financial History Issue 118 (Summer 2016) | Page 43

Heritage Auctions, the world leader in collectibles, now serving you in 40 categories!

This diamond and platinum ring set featuring a 6 / 69 carat pear-shaped diamond sold for $ 150,000 during Heritage’ s Fine Jewelry Auction on April 19th in New York.
A rare July 1776 broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence sold for $ 514,000 versus a $ 200,000 presale estimate in New York as part of the Heritage Auction Historical Manuscripts Grand Format Auction on April 5th. Just the eleventh printing of the Declaration overall, this copy was a pre-cursor to the final signed copy and was sent to a Massachusetts pastor to be read to his congregation.
An interesting piece of art, literature and recent cultural memorabilia came across the auction block on April 6th in New York at Heritage’ s Rare Books Auction when a hand-painted chair used by J. K. Rowling whilst writing the first two Harry Potter books sold for an amazing $ 394,000! Our consignor had purchased the chair on eBay in 2009 for $ 29,117.
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