ɪt hɐz tʃˈeɪndʒd hˈændz sˈɛvɹəl mˈoːɹ tˈaɪmz: ðə wˈaɪl bɹˈʌðɚz bˈɔːt ɪt fɔːɹ dˈɑːlɚ twˈɛnti fˈaɪv,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɛvən fɔːɹ bˈɛndʒəmɪn dwˈaɪt fˈɪlɪps ænd ᵻlˈɛvən jˈɪɹz lˈeɪɾɚ dɪspˈoʊzd ʌv ɪt fɹʌmðə fˈɪlɪps kəlˈɛkʃən fɔːɹ dˈɑːlɚ nˈaɪnti,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ, ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈaɪv sˈiːdʒəl ˈɔːkʃən ɪt ɹˈiːəlaɪzd ɐ pɹˈaɪs ʌv jˌuːˈɛs dˈɑːlɚ tˈuː.zˈiəɹoʊ nˈaɪn mˈɪliən dˈɑːlɚ wˈʌn.nˈaɪn mˈɪliən plˈʌs tˈɛn pɚsˈɛnt bˈaɪɚz pɹˈiːmiəm, ænd ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd θˈɜːtiːn ɪt sˈoʊld fɔːɹ dˈɑːlɚ tˈuː.twˈɛnti fˈoːɹ mˈɪliən tʊ ɐn ɐmˈɛɹɪkən kəlˈɛktɚ mˌeɪkɪŋ ɪt wˈʌn ʌvðə hˈaɪɪstpɹˈaɪst ʌv ˈɔːl fɪlɐtˈɛlɪk ˈaɪɾəmz.
It has changed hands several more times: the Weill brothers bought it for $25,000 in 1957 for Benjamin Dwight Phillips and eleven years later disposed of it from the Phillips collection for $90,000, in the 1995 Siegel auction it realized a price of US$2.09 million ($1.9 million plus 10% buyer's premium), and in 2013 it sold for $2.24 million to an American collector making it one of the highest-priced of all philatelic items.