Rare Magna Carta to be auctioned

NEW YORK: A rare 710-year-old copy of the Magna Carta valued at up to $30 million is due to be sold by The Perot Foundation at Sotheby’s in New York in December.

The Magna Carta established rights of the English people and curbed the power of the king. The US constitution includes ideas and phrases taken almost directly from the charter, which rebellious barons forced their oppressive King John to sign in 1215.