In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s valuation, the historic document described as “somewhat rubbed and ...

Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly eight decades later, two researchers have discovered it's actually an ...

A rare original Magna Carta, misidentified and sold “for a fairly derisory price”, has been uncovered 80 years after it was wrongly catalogued. The remarkable discovery was made by Professor ...

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30.

The Harvard Law School library bought a copy of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50. It's now likely worth millions of dollars.

Harvard University found out that a $27.50 old document in its library is actually a rare 1300 Magna Carta worth millions. Experts confirmed its authenticity, revealing it to be worth millions and ...

A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabeled document in Harvard Law School's digital archives. The university bought it for just $27.50 in 1946. It turned out to be an authentic copy dating ...

A “copy” of Magna Carta bought decades ago by Harvard Law School for just $27.50 is now understood to be an extremely rare original from 1300, according to new research.

US News: Experts confirm that what was believed to be a mere copy of the Magna Carta at Harvard Law School is actually an original version from 1300, shedding new light on a key historical document.

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30. But two ...

Magna Carta ‘copy’ bought for $27.50 now believed to be genuine The document is over 700 years old Sam Russell Thursday 15 May 2025 13:19 BST 0 Comments ...

An original issue of the Magna Carta, which auctioneers mistakenly catalogued as a copy in the 1940s and sold for a "fairly derisory price", has been identified.