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Colts billionaire owner gets his hands on historical Alcoholics Anonymous relic

US BILLIONAIRE and owner of the Indianapolis Colts American football team Jim Irsay bought the founding document of Alcoholics Anonymous for $2.4 million (£1.7m) at an auction on Saturday. 

The manuscript includes notes and scribbles from one of Alcoholics Anonymous’s founders, William Wilson, more commonly known as “Bill W.”

It is the third time the 161-page typed document has been sold. It sold in 2007 for £628,000 and for £1.1m in 2004. 

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