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Original U S Constitution copy sold at Parke-Bernet
New York dealer Hans Krauss bought one of eight remaining original copies at Parke-Bernet Galleries for 155000. The Pierce Butler personal copy includes 40 pages of notes and may contain the missing Pinckney plan sought by scholars. Three copies remain in libraries, the rest housed in public institutions.
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New York
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South Carolina
Parke-Bernet
Library of Congress