Sotheby's announced that a first-edition copy of the U.S. Constitution will be auctioned off next month with bids expected to be close to $30 million.
"The unprecedented sale result we achieved for the Constitution last November was a truly unique and inspired moment – one that signifies not only the extreme rarity of first printing copies of the Constitution available for private ownership, but also the enduring importance and influence of the Constitution as the ultimate expression of the democratic principles that inform our daily lives more than 200 years since it was first written," Richard Austin, global head of books and...
A portion of one of only two known copies of the official edition of the Constitution of the United States of America. The only other privately held copy of the U.S. Constitution was auctioned off for $43.2 million last year.The edition going up for auction next month last appeared at auction in 1984 in Philadelphia, when it was acquired as a gift for Adrian Van Sinderen.
"A year later after the record-breaking sale, we hope the remarkable opportunity to acquire one of two privately owned copies of the Constitution will inspire a similar response that galvanized the public last year," Austin said.
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