A Letter of first president of the U.S. sold for a record $ 3.2 million

A Letter of the first U.S. president, George Washington sold in New York at Christie’s auction on Friday for 3 million 218 thousand 500 dollars, said the trading house.

Thus, the four-page letter, dated November 1787, established a record price for a letter, representing the history of the United States. A previous letter, the most expensive, was considered a message from Washington, which sold for 834 thousand 500 dollars in 2002.

Prior to this most precious letter was considered a message from Abraham Lincoln, dated January 1863, bought by a private collector for 748 thousand dollars.

As sold in Washington on Friday a letter to his nephew the first U.S. president to prove the importance of ratifying the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees the rights and freedoms of citizens.

Estimate lot ranged 1,5-2,5 million dollars.

George Washington played a prominent role in gaining American independence and the formation of the young state. He took an active part in the development and adoption of the constitution, which is his signature as a delegate from Virginia.