New York Post
April 12, 2021
If your pursuit of happiness includes owning a first printing of the Declaration of Independence, the iconic artifact of American history and more are heading to the auction block at Sotheby’s Tuesday.
But start saving your money now, as the large personal library, which also includes documents like an early version of the Emancipation Proclamation and a wanted poster for Abraham Lincoln’s killers, is expected to fetch north of $10 million.
The collection is from the estate of Ira Lipman — the founder of the privately held security film Guardsmark — and his wife Barbara. Dubbed by Sotheby’s “The Passion of American Collectors,” it is made up of 560 lots, ranging from books, pamphlets, maps and atlases. Ira Lipman died in 2019 and Barbara last year.