A copy of the U.S. Constitution from 1787 will be sold at auction later this month.
Earlier this month, Brunk Auctions listed the item on their website with a starting and minimum bid of $1,000,000. At the top of the first page of the document are the familiar words, though in regular type rather than the iconic sweeping Gothic script: “WE, the People …”
People will have a chance to bid on the item at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, on September 28. The item is believed to be the only type in private hands.
While the minimum bid will be starting at $1,000,000, there is no minimum price for the item that must be reached during the auction.
According to Brunk Auctions, the copy of the Constitution from 1787 is just one of 100 copies that were previously printed in New York by John McLean for Dunlap and …