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Ultra-rare original “archetype” signed copy of the U.S. Constitution found in a filing cabinet
Ultra-Rare Copy of the U.S. Constitution, Found in a Filing Cabinet, Heads to Auction
If you’ve ever wanted to own a rare signed copy of the U.S. Constitution, now’s your chance. On September 28, 2024, Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, will be accepting bids for an original copy (or “archetype”) of the United States Constitution signed by Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson.
According to the auction house, the document is one of eight surviving signed copies of the proposed Constitution that were went to each of the 13 original states for ratification. It is also the only one currently held in private hands; the other seven are publicly owned. The last time such a document went up for sale was in 1891, when one sold for $400, or $13,837.19 when adjusted for inflation.
Seth Kaller, a historical documents expert consulting with the Brunk auction, claims that the archetype copy “is rarer and arguably more significant” than the item sold in 2021. Members of the Constitutional Convention, meeting in Philadelphia in September 1787, wrote a final draft of the U.S. Constitution and sent it to the Confederation Congress at Federal Hall in New York City for its approval. After resolving to send it to the 13 states for ratification, Secretary Thomson commissioned 100 printed copies of the document and signed the few delivered to the state legislatures. One of those signed copies is now being auctioned.
