A first-edition copy of the U.S. Constitution from 1787 – one of only two still in private hands – will be auctioned by Sotheby's next month and is expected to fetch bids of up to $30 million.

On Dec. 7, 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, according to the Census Bureau. Since it was the first of the 13 original colonies to become a state, it has been ...

Rare first editions of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, owned by billionaire Ken Griffin, will be displayed at the National Constitution Center for the nation's 250th anniversary.

Rare first editions of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, owned by billionaire Ken Griffin, will be displayed at the National Constitution Center for the nation's 250th anniversary.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution printed 237 years ago and sent to the states to be ratified was sold for $9 million at an auction Thursday evening in North Carolina. Brunk ...

Constitution USA with Peter Sagal The Framers and Slavery Of the Civil War Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment had the most far-reaching effect on the meaning of the Constitution.