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NEW YORK — A 710- year-old copy of the declaration of human rights known as the Magna Carta — the version that became part of English law — was auctioned Tuesday for $21.3 million, a Sotheby’s spokeswoman said.
The document, which had been expected to draw bids of $30 million or higher, was bought by David Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, the spokeswoman said.
The document was owned by the Perot Foundation, created by Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, since the early 1980s and is one of 17 known copies of the historic tract.
