Sometimes a piece you bought years ago for very little money turns out to be valuable today. New research and new interests can change values. The Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia was going through documents in storage and found a document listed as a photo reproduction. It records the terms of Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender. It's dated 1865 and has actual signatures. The museum thinks it was probably a souvenir copy signed at the time, not the official copy. But if it turns out to be the original Confederate copy, it would be worth over $500,000.
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