The United State Constitutional Convention met in September of 1787 to approve the final draft of the US Constitution. They sent the document to the Confederation Congress in New York City, who also approved it, on September 28, 1787. Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson ordered 100 copies printed, and he signed 13 of them to send to the 13 states to be ratified. Only eight of those 13 signed copies are known to still exist, and seven of them are in public hands. The eighth could be yours.
That copy was discovered in 2022 when Hayes Farm, a plantation in North Carolina, was being cleared out for sale. The farm was once owned by the state's governor, and the Constitution was found in an old file cabinet, where it had sat for more than 200 years. The document is in excellent condition, and is going up for auction on September 28, exactly 237 years after Congress approved it. Brunk Auctions of Asheville, North Carolina, has already accepted an opening bid of one million dollars. The final price could be astronomical. Read about this document and how you can have it at Mental Floss.
(Image source: Brunk Auctions)
That should be 'auction', not 'action'.
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