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.

It would seem that if there were anything above the partisan political fray, the reading of the Constitution, the nation’s highest law, would be on that pedestal. But apparently even that isn ...

Ella Hall, a specialist in Books and Manuscripts at Sotheby’s, in New York, holds a 1787 printed copy of the U.S. Constitution, Friday, Sept. 17, 2021.

NEW YORK (AP) — A rare first printing of the U.S. Constitution sold at Sotheby's in New York for $43.2 million, a record price for a document or book sold at auction.

An incredibly rare copy of the U.S. Constitution will be up for grabs during an auction held by Sotheby’s this November. This piece of American history is only one of 11 surviving copies and ...

A first-edition copy of the Constitution, one of two in private hands and one of 13 such copies known to exist, is being auctioned off by Sotheby’s on Dec. 13.

Only two copies from the first printing of the final text of the U.S. Constitution are known to be in private hands. One of them sold for a record $43.2 million last year; the second is going on ...

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.