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Alex Clauson and Barry Ruderman, who buy and sell antique maps in California, found a rare map – a 14th-century "Rex Tholomeus" Portolan Chart – at an estate sale for Gordon Getty. They bought the map for about $250,000, but found out that it's really worth $7.5 million.
LOS ANGELES -- Alex Clausen is a map dealer.
La Jolla map dealer Alex Clausen knew there was something unusual about the nautical chart he spotted at a Getty estate sale. His careful eye uncovered a 14th century treasure he purchased for a relative steal.
La Jolla map dealer Alex Clausen knew there was something unusual about the nautical chart he spotted at a Getty estate sale. His careful eye uncovered a 14th century treasure he purchased for a relative steal.
Excavations at the ancient Anatolian city of Perre (modern-day Adiyaman) in Turkey have unearthed pieces of a rare bronze plate Roman military diploma.