A rare printed version of the Declaration of Independence was sold in Philadelphia on Thursday for $4.42 million. The printed version was submitted to Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the original document.

The final price, including the buyer’s premium, is more than five times its pre-auction estimate of US$500,000 to US$800,000. A spokesperson for Freeman’s Auction, which planned the auction, confirmed the price.

The 1823 print is one of 201 parchment copies made by engraver William J. Stone during the wave of patriotism after the war of 1812. It is one of 52 parchment papers known to have survived.

Copies commissioned by the then U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams were presented to official databases, important officials, and surviving signatories of the Declaration of Independence.

At that time, people increasingly realized that the lives of the founding fathers were about to end.The same spirit makes Philadelphia Renamed its five public squares After 1825 with historical figures such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.

stone He engraved on copper plates for three years, which is considered the most accurate rendering of the Declaration of Independence in history. The engraving is famous for displaying the text of the original document and its fax signature. It measures 24 x 30 inches and is also very similar to the original.

A line on the top of the stone carving distinguishes it from other renderings made at the time. It read: “On July 4, 1823, according to the order of JQ ADAMS Secy, WI STONE was engraved for the State Council.”

The auction copy is the last of six known privately held signed copies. It is one of two presented to Carol, who is a U.S. Senator and the only Catholic signatory of the Declaration of Independence.

This document was passed to Carol’s granddaughter Emily Carton and her husband John McTavish, with their names engraved on it. The copy was then passed on through a Scottish family, but it disappeared for 177 years before being found in an ancestral house in Scotland.

The other copy given to Carroll is in the collection of the Maryland Historical and Cultural Center.

A copy of the auction will be exhibited by Freeman this fall.

Earlier this year, the American Philosophical Society revealed that it has Found a paper copy “Declaration of Independence” engraved by Stone. It is one of eight paper copies that are known to exist.