As the U.S. approaches its 250th birthday next year, the market for American “freedom” documents has never been stronger. In 2021, Sotheby’s auctioned a historic first printing of the Constitution for $43.2 million, and this past October, Brunk Auctions sold an original printed, signed archetype of the Constitution for $11 million. Then, last month, Freeman’s Hindman had a sale of Lincolnia, including many manuscripts and documents from throughout Abraham Lincoln’s life, that doubled its presale estimate to make $7.9 million. Given the interest in the field and the growing scarcity of good material on the market, dealers and consignors have been eager to jump in.