How do you tell if that Declaration of Independence you found in the attic is the real thing? Believe it or not, it’s the most common question our Books & Manuscripts team gets asked. Here, @hallella explains three ways to tell a fake from the real deal: the only copy in private hands of one of the earliest printings of the Declaration of Independence that’s going under the hammer at #SothebysNewYork on 26 June. Because they preserve the text of the Declaration as first written and read, July 1776 printings like this are more original than the “original” engrossed manuscript, the prized treasure in the National Archives. Find out more via the link in bio. #SothebysBooks #DeclarationofIndependence #NationalTreasure