{"id":1068,"date":"2024-09-18T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2024-09-14T20:04:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T20:04:07","slug":"original-signed-copy-us-constitution-found-in-filing-cabinet-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/original-signed-copy-us-constitution-found-in-filing-cabinet-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra-rare original &#8220;archetype&#8221; signed copy of the U.S. Constitution found in a filing cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldculturepictorial.com\/images\/content_6\/rare-copy-us-constitution.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>(quote)<br><br>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/posts\/rare-us-constitution-auction\">Ultra-Rare Copy of the U.S. Constitution, Found in a Filing Cabinet, Heads to Auction<\/a>\nIf you\u2019ve ever wanted to own a rare signed copy of the U.S. Constitution, now\u2019s your chance. On September 28, 2024, Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, will be accepting bids for an original copy (or \u201carchetype\u201d) of the United States Constitution signed by Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson.<br><br>\n\nAccording 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. <br><br>\n\nSeth Kaller, a historical documents expert consulting with the Brunk auction, claims that the archetype copy \u201cis rarer and arguably more significant\u201d than the item sold in 2021.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.<br><br>\n\n(unquote)<br><br>\n\nImage courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/posts\/rare-us-constitution-auction\">Brunk Auctions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(quote) Ultra-Rare Copy of the U.S. Constitution, Found in a Filing Cabinet, Heads to Auction If you\u2019ve ever wanted to own a rare signed copy of the U.S. Constitution, now\u2019s your chance. On September 28, 2024, Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, will be accepting bids for an original copy<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/original-signed-copy-us-constitution-found-in-filing-cabinet-auction\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12],"tags":[36,26,27,74,25],"class_list":["entry","author-wcp-tomorrows-history","post-1068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-figures-and-facts","category-us-and-world","tag-events","tag-facts","tag-figures","tag-government","tag-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}