US Constitution Copy for Auction at Sotheby's

235 years ago, America's Founding Fathers signed the United States Constitution at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, marking the formation of the country's most significant and lasting document—as well as the longest continuing charter of government in the world. This month, Sotheby's unveiled one of only two known copies of The Official Edition of the Constitution, the First Printing of the Final Text of the Constitution that are in private hands, which will come to auction for the first time in more than 125 years in a dedicated live sale in New York on 13 December. The announcement follows the historic November 2021 sale at Sotheby's of the Goldman Constitution, the other privately owned copy of the official first printing of the Constitution, which sold for a milestone $43.2 million and established a new record for any book, manuscript, or printed text sold at auction.

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