Rare 1787 copy of US Constitution up for sale at auction

Rare 1787 copy of US Constitution up for sale at auction
Auctioneer Andrew Brunk talks about a 1787 copy of the US Constitution that will be put up for auction (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

A copy of the US Constitution, the only of its type thought to be in private hands, is to be offered for sale at auction later this month with a minimum bid of 1 million dollars.

The document, almost 237 years old, had been stored inside in a filing cabinet in North Carolina until it was discovered in 2022.

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