No.1: $4 Painting Hides the Declaration of Independence—A $2.42 Million Garage Miracle
Source : Planet-Life
In 1991, an anonymous man from Pennsylvania bought an old painting for just $4 at a flea market. When he got home and tried to repair the broken frame, he discovered a hidden document tucked inside: an original 1776 printing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
This rare copy, known as a Dunlap Broadside, was one of only 25 ever printed. Confirmed authentic, it was auctioned by Sotheby’s for an astonishing $2.42 million.
A simple garage sale find turned into a life-changing windfall—proof that luck can strike when you least expect it, in the most unimaginable ways. The story remains one of America’s most incredible tales of accidental fortune.
