[Servant of the 9]

Over a decade, beginning in the mid-1960s, nearly 1,000 items went missing from the State Library and Archives.

Oh, I think just one 'collector' took more items than that.

So9

[PAR35]

beginning in the mid-1960s

It wasn't mentioned in the story (I'm sure it was just an oversight) - could you remind me which political party controlled Texas and all of the state institutions during that time period?

[B4Ranch]

Did you actually buy this copy of the Texas Declaration of Independence? Wow!

>>As expected, the most expensive item was a copy of the Texas Declaration of Independence signed March 2, 1836 - four days before the Battle of the Alamo. That document sold for $764,000 to an unnamed person who bid by phone, said Sotheby's spokeswoman Lauren Gioia. <<