Harvard-owned copy of the Magna Carta discovered as an original 01:49. Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document ...

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 ...

This photo shows a rare copy of the Magna Carta from 1300 sitting in a display case on April 15, 2025, at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass. Lorin Granger/Harvard Law School / AP Photo.

Harvard’s stained copy of the Magna Carta is worth millions of dollars, Carpenter estimates. In 2007, an original 1297 version of the document was sold at auction in New York City for $21.3 million.

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.

Its tattered and faded copy of the Magna Carta is worth millions of dollars, Carpenter estimated — though Harvard has no plans to sell it. A 1297 version of the Magna Carta sold at auction in ...

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 ...

Archaeology & History This ‘Copy’ of Magna Carta Turns Out to Be the Genuine Article. The document in Harvard's Law Library was long believed to be a replica.

A Magna Carta copy that was bought for just £7 is now believed to be a genuine version and is considered “one of the world’s most valuable documents”, UK academics have said. Harvard Law ...

Its tattered and faded copy of the Magna Carta is worth millions of dollars, Carpenter estimated — though Harvard has no plans to sell it. A 1297 version of the Magna Carta sold at auction in ...

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 ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — 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.