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minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agono way. i knew it used the long S in the handwritten one, but i never knew there were typed versions. this is a find
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-forgotten-copy-of-the-constitution-discovered-in-a-filing-cabinet-could-sell-for-millions-180985060/ Indeed it was, fetched a pretty penny via Sotheby’s auction. Hilariously… was discovered during an estate sale (garage sale for rich people) in North Carolina.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoEstate sales aren’t garage sales for rich people. They’re garage sales for dead people. Hence the word estate. It’s the estate of the deceased holding the sale, not the deceased. Legal bullshit mumbo gumbo, but there you have it
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoTrue, my mistake, I accidentally made a false e-statement.
no way. i knew it used the long S in the handwritten one, but i never knew there were typed versions. this is a find
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-forgotten-copy-of-the-constitution-discovered-in-a-filing-cabinet-could-sell-for-millions-180985060/
Indeed it was, fetched a pretty penny via Sotheby’s auction.
Hilariously… was discovered during an estate sale (garage sale for rich people) in North Carolina.
Estate sales aren’t garage sales for rich people. They’re garage sales for dead people. Hence the word estate. It’s the estate of the deceased holding the sale, not the deceased. Legal bullshit mumbo gumbo, but there you have it
True, my mistake, I accidentally made a false e-statement.