A “first edition” of the American Constitution is for sale.. for $20 million

The document will be auctioned in late November.

AFP

Soon, a very rare original copy of the US Constitution signed in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787, will be auctioned in New York with an estimated value of between 15 and 20 million dollars, according to Sotheby's.

The house displays a private collection of American constitutional documents dating back to the revolutionary era, between 1776 and 1789, including the famous Constitutional Charter signed in Philadelphia by the "founding fathers" of the United States.

Sotheby's manuscript historian Selby Keefer asserted that it was "the first fine print of the Constitution of the United States, probably printed on the evening of September 16, 1787."

It is a "very rare" document, as only "11 known copies" remain, while 500 copies were probably printed.

Sotheby's estimated the price of the document, which will be auctioned in late November, at between 15 and 20 million dollars.

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