After DAO Frenzy Last Year, Another Constitution Heads to Auction
A copy of the first printing of the US Constitution carries a presale estimate of $20 million to $30 million.
A copy of the first printing of the U.S. Constitution, one of 13 known to exist.
Source: Sotheby’s
One year after a copy of the US Constitution sold for $43.2 million, a second example is headed to auction on Dec. 13 at Sotheby’s in New York with an estimate of $20 million to $30 million.
The copy, which was printed in 1787 for submission to the Continental Congress and distributed to delegates at the Constitutional Convention, is what the auction house classifies as “The Official Edition of the Constitution, the First Printing of the Final Text of the Constitution.” About 500 were printed at the time; just 13 copies are known to remain, according to Sotheby’s.