Co-Founder of Carlyle Group Buys Only Privately Held Copy of Magna Carta
December 20th, 2007Did the executive washroom run out of toilet paper?
Via: Telegraph:
The co-founder of The Carlyle Group finalised yet another deal late on Tuesday, but this time the private equity titan had his eyes on a rather different target.
Instead of eyeing up an undervalued company or distressed asset, David Rubenstein snapped up a 13th century copy of Magna Carta – the only one in private hands – for more than £10m.
Dated 1297 and dubbed by some “the most important document in the world”, the copy that went under the hammer at Sotheby’s in New York is one of just 17 copies still in existence.
