(18 Oct 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Asheville, North Carolina – 17 October 2024
1. STILL, A 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution that sold for $9 million is displayed at Brunk Auctions
2. STILL, Part of a 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution that sold for $9 million is displayed on a screen
3. STILL, Brunk Auctions owner Andrew Brunk takes bids for a copy of a painting shortly before a 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution was sold for $9 million
4. STILL, Brunk auction employee waits to see if a bidder on the phone wants to make a bid during an auction that included a 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution that sold for $9 million
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Asheville, North Carolina – 05 September 2024
5. ARCHIVE STILL, A 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution that will be put up for auction
6. ARCHIVE STILL, Part of an 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution that will be put up for auction
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Asheville, North Carolina – 5 September 2024
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7. Mid of Seth Kaller unfolding the copy of the US Constitution
8. Wide of Seth Kaller folding up the document
9. Tight on signature on the document UPSOUND (English) Seth Kaller, historical document appraiser and collector: "Well it has to go, signed by the secretary Charles Thompson, the secretary of Congress, out to the states showing this is an official act, an official copy of what was passed."
10. Wide of Seth Kaller folding the document
11. Wide of an American flag on display in Brunk Auction House
STORYLINE:
A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution printed 237 years ago and sent to the states to be ratified was sold for $9 million at an auction Thursday evening in North Carolina.
Brunk Auctions sold the document, the only copy of its type thought to be privately owned, at a private auction. The name of the buyer was not immediately released.
Bidding took just over seven minutes, with bids coming in at $500,000 intervals mostly over the phone. There was a pause at $8.5 million, then another after someone on the phone bid $9 million.
The auction was originally set for Sept. 28 but was delayed after Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage throughout Asheville and western North Carolina.
The copy was printed after the Constitutional Convention finished drafting the proposed framework of the nation’s government in 1787 and sent it to the Congress of the ineffective first American government under the Articles of Confederation, requesting it be sent to the states to be ratified by the people.
It’s one of about 100 copies printed by the secretary of that Congress, Charles Thomson. Just eight are known to still exist and the other seven are publicly owned.
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