$20 to buy a painting, and it turns out that you run into one of the favorite things to do when buying thrift: there is entrainment!

Before his rebirth, Zhang Nan had a friend who specialized in the business of used books and magazines, and sometimes bought back old books and magazines from the scrap yard or the old warehouses of some units, and there would be hundreds of catties at a time!

When you are busy, you need friends to sort out and classify together, and Zhang Nan has also helped N times. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Time can make people forget many things, such as gadgets sandwiched between books: especially some books with plastic covers, such as "Quotations of Taizu". It's easy to stuff something in the inner fold of the cover, and if you're not careful, you'll forget what's inside, and after a few decades, those little things may be treasures.

It is very important to sort out old books and magazines and check whether there is any entrainment in them, and there are often surprises!

Of course, most old books may contain a letter, an ordinary bookmark, two tickets from decades ago, a note...

It's all ordinary.

However, some very early bookmarks can be sold for money after decades, and some people ask for tickets at the beginning of liberation! In particular, sometimes the enclosed notes are still written on cigarette box paper for decades, and the paper should be as economical as possible at that time.

Luckily, a cigarette box is a thousand!

If you come across a company with the first or second set of renminbi, you will be making a small fortune if you are not careful-don't think about it for the big denomination, and you will be happy for the small denomination.

The frame in Zhang Nan's hand looks like it is about a few tens or hundreds of years old, and the back backrest is spliced with thin wooden boards, not the common ultra-thick cardboard today.

The pile of paper that was revealed should have been folded, and the color of the paper had yellowed, and it felt a little older than the frame.

"Alan, what are you doing with a frame?"

Nicole put down her bag and walked over.

Zhang Nan took out the stack of papers, but fortunately they didn't stick to the bottom plate or canvas.

"I went to the flea market at noon, and the last time I bought a horizontal knife from the Tang Dynasty. $20, nice old frame, open it. ”

As he spoke, he placed the paper on the table, intending to open it slowly, "There's something in there, I don't know what it is." ”

Jenny also came over to take a look, and it seemed that people were always a little curious about everything that was unknown.

The paper is some years old, but the quality is good, and there is no problem of mold and insect damage. Carefully open the origami, the boss has a piece printed in English, and the most conspicuous row on the top is "THEDECLARATIONOFINDEPENDENCE".

Zhang Nan didn't feel anything about it, and the two beauties on the side had already shouted: ""Independence Declaration!

"Oh. ”

But before Zhang Nan could take a closer look, Jenny shouted again: "I've seen it! I've seen exactly the same thing, it's in the rare classics in the university library! This should be the first printed copy of the "Declaration of Independence!"

The more Jenny talked, the more excited she became, and soon Nicole reacted and said, "I've seen the same version at school, Alan, you're so lucky!"

Looking at the reactions of the two beauties, Zhang Nan felt that this piece of paper should be very special, or have a high collection value or political significance!

Zhang Nan has seen a lot of old announcements and documents, and even the holy decree of Emperor Kangxi. When I was in China, although I didn't collect much paper products such as documents, I saw a lot of these things from my friends.

For example, all kinds of notices, contracts, and official documents left over from various periods of the Qing Dynasty, those things are cheap for a few yuan a piece, and the expensive ones are generally tens of thousands, which are common.

Of course, the exception is the Holy Decree, which is relatively expensive.

However, this will look at the appearance of Nicole and the two, this thin piece of paper is definitely not the grade that Zhang Nan has always remembered.

This is a proclamation, a very important proclamation for Americans!

No way, Zhang Nan only knows a rough idea of American history and culture - no Chinese person would carefully study the history of Americans?

Fortunately, the next words between Nicole and Jenny made Zhang Nan understand what this paper notice meant to Americans.

The Declaration of American Independence was a proclamation by the thirteen British colonies in North America that proclaimed independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain and justified it.

The declaration was ratified by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, and the day became American Independence Day. The original of the Declaration was signed by the delegates attending the Continental Congress and is on permanent display at the National Archives and Archives Administration in Washington, D.C. - the Declaration of Independence is one of the most important founding documents of the United States.

This Zhang Nan knew that the part of foreign history in the history textbook of China was written, but the next part was the part he didn't know before.

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, the first handwritten draft of which was signed by the President of the Continent, John Hancock, and its secretary, Charles Townsend, and sent to the "John Danglip Printing House" a few blocks away.

About 150 to 200 copies were printed that night, and the print is now known as the "Danglep Single-Sided Print".

One copy was delivered to George Washington on 6 July, who read it to the troops stationed in New York on 9 July. And the 24 copies of the "Danglip one-sided printed edition" that still exist in the world are the oldest surviving versions of the American "Declaration of Independence"!

Because the handwritten manuscript has long been lost!

What about the one kept in the National Archives and Documents Administration?

It was a few days later than the first printing: on July 19, 1776, the Continental Congress ordered that a printed copy of the manifesto be copied by hand for the delegates to sign, and a total of 56 delegates signed the manifesto - the original manuscript displayed at the National Archives and Records Administration.

Without paying attention, Zhang Nan got the "earliest cultural relics in the United States"!

It's definitely the first! It hasn't been before!

"Allen, this is supposed to be the 25th one-sided print copy of Damp found so far, and the fourth in private possession, with the other 21 scattered among the universities in the United States. ”

Zhang Nan looked at the notice carefully, "There should be 200 years, how can you be sure that this is the version?"

Now Nicole and Jenny both laughed: they were laughing at Zhang Nan's ignorance of American history.

"Because this version is not a model for later replicas, it is very special. In 1823, an engraving print was produced identical to the handwritten original, which was the basis for a later reproduction rather than this first print. ”

After listening to Jenny's words, Zhang Nan understood: I picked up two leaks by myself today, and one of them is still a super leak from the Americans! )