A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution sells for US$9 million at auction
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A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution printed 237 years ago and sent to the states to be ratified was sold for US$9 million at an auction Thursday evening in North Carolina.
A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution printed 237 years ago and sent to the states to be ratified was sold for US$9 million at an auction Thursday evening in North Carolina.
Brunk Auctions sold the document, the only copy of its type thought to be privately owned, at a private auction. The name of the buyer was not immediately released.
Bidding took just over seven minutes, with bids coming in at US$500,000 intervals mostly over the phone. There was a pause at US$8.5 million, then another after someone on the phone bid $9 million.
“Just another second or two. Savour it a little bit selling here at nine million,” said auctioneer and auction house owner Andrew Brunk.
Brunk was thankful. The auction was originally set for Sept. 28 but was delayed after Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage throughout Asheville and western North Carolina.
“It's a privilege to have it here. It's been quite a ride,” Brunk said.
The copy was printed after the Constitutional Convention finished drafting the proposed framework of the nation’s government in 1787 and sent it to the Congress of the ineffective first American government under the Articles of Confederation, requesting it be sent to the states to be ratified by the people.
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