There was a very fortunate financial analyst, Donald Scheer, living in Philadelphia in 1989, who lucked onto a purchase of a painting at an Adamstown, PA flea market. It cost him a whopping $4.00 at the time. His interest was more in the frame than the painting, so he took the two apart. Lo and behold, hiding away inside, was a piece of paper. It was not just any ordinary piece of paper at that, but a copy of the Declaration of Independence.
Upon having it appraised, he learned that it was in fact an original copy of the Declaration of Independence that was printed by John Dunlap. He decided to sell the copy at an auction, which resulted in quite a hefty return of $2.42 million dollars on his original $4.00 investment.
by FLH
