On 3 December 2010, the earliest known map of the United States to be printed in America sold at auction at Christie’s, New York, USA, for $1.8 million (£1.1 million), via a phone bid. Taking commissions into account, the full price totalled $2,098,500 (£1,345,138). Created in 1784, the map came from the collection of the New Jersey Historical Society and is one of only seven such prints known to exist. It is also the first map printed in America to show the flag of the United States and the first map to be copyrighted in that country. The full title of the map is ‘A New and Correct Map of the United States of North America Layd Down from the Latest Observations and Best Authorities Agreeable to the Peace of 1783. Humbly Inscribed to his Excellency the Governor and Company of the State of Connecticut By their Most Obedient and Very Humble Servant Abel Buell’. The title includes a reference to the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the American War of Independence. It was created by a map-maker from New Haven named Abel Buell (1742–1822) and measures 45¼ x 50¾ in (114.9 x 128.9 cm).