A 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution that will be put up for auction was found inside this filing cabinet in Edenton, N.C. AP “This is a whole other level of importance,” he added.

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.

Only a fraction of the 100 copies of the Constitution were signed by then-Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson in 1787. The one found in North Carolina is one of them.

Part of an 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution that will be put up for auction on Sept. 28, 2024 is shown at Bruck Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, on Thursday, Sept. 5.

CORRECTS NAME TO BRUNK AUCTIONS - Part of an 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution that will be put up for auction on Sept. 28, 2024 is shown at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, on ...

A copy of the U.S. Constitution — the only of its type thought to be in private hands — will be auctioned at a sale by Brunk Auctions on Sept. 28 in Asheville, N.C. The minimum bid for the ...

A 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution that will be put up for auction on Sept. 28 at Bruck Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, was found inside this filing cabinet in Edenton, N.C. (Brunk ...