You can find copies of the Constitution almost everywhere. Some Supreme Court justices even carry pocket-sized versions of them at all times.
But, how much would you like to have one of the original copies from the 1700s?
There are only 11 surviving copies of the original Constitution from the first-ever official printing, and one of them is set to be auctioned off by Sotheby's on November 23rd. This is the only one owned by a private owner.
"This is the final text. The debate on what the Constitution would say was over with this document. The debate about whether the Constitution was going to be adopted was just beginning," Selby Kiffer, an international senior specialist in Sotheby’s Books and Manuscripts Department, told The Associated Press.
"This was the Constitution, but it didn’t take effect until it had been debated and ratified. So this was the first step in the process of us living now under this 234-year-old document."
Sotheby's says the bidding could hit anywhere from $15 to $20 million.
The auction house currently has the original copy on public display at Sotheby’s York Avenue galleries until September 19th when they will be taking it on tour. It's coming to Dallas, as well as Los Angeles and Chicago before it goes back to New York City.
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