Rare copy of US Constitution found in filing cabinet sells for $9M at auction

Nypost ^ | 10/19/2024 | Olivia Land

[ChicagoConservative27]

A rare copy of the US Constitution that was found inside a filing cabinet sold for $9 million at auction this week.

It took just seven minutes for the nearly 237-year-old document to clinch its hammer price, Andrew Brunk, the owner of Brunk Auctions, told CBS News.

Most bids were placed over the phone, while two came in online and one buyer was at the North Carolina auction in person, Brunk said.

The final price, including the buyer’s premium, was $11,070,000. The buyer will remain anonymous.

[ChicagoConservative27]

What a find.

[reasonisfaith]

That’s the one that had the original 13th Amendment that the cabal took out, right?

[mairdie]

Such treasures are put away in strange places to keep them safe and are then forgotten. It breaks your heart to think of all the wonderful things that have been lost over the centuries by people trying to keep them safe.

[Billthedrill]

I only bought it for the frame.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

No.

[marktwain]

It breaks your heart to think of all the wonderful things that have been lost over the centuries by people trying to keep them safe.

I forget how many times I have pondered: Where is that thing I am looking for? I know I put it someplace "safe".

[RWGinger]

“I only bought it for the frame.”
Good one.

[DAC21]

Wonder what the back story was, who found it, did they therefore own it? Has it changed hands before this auction?

[reasonisfaith]

Then which Founding Document was it that the cabal altered to get the one we now have?

[BobL]

Now find one to actually read the damn thing.

[mairdie]

I’m so determined to be organized that I create Yet Another Organization and put my new 17th century paper in Yet Another Spot and haven’t the faintest idea where it is now. I’ve organized myself into total chaos. Drives me batty. Every time I want to start a new project, I need to get husband to help me find the files I’ve stuffed into Yet Another Subdirectory. I shudder to think of the boxes my niece and her children will throw out unopened that contain decades of antique paper collecting. Packrat here. My earliest memories are of being taught outlining and filing. Mother could never have imagined the mess I would create with her careful instruction.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The one in your imagination.

[reasonisfaith]

The 13th Amendment to the Constitution was the one that prohibited titles of nobility.

That’s the one the cabal took out, and then tried to hide it from history.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

It was found in a filing cabinet at the Hayes Farm which had been owned by the sitting Governor of North Carolina when the Constitution was ratified.

It sounds like the property was sold to the state as a historical location.

[reasonisfaith]

The 13th Amendment to the Constitution was the one that prohibited titles of nobility.

That’s the one the cabal took out, and then tried to hide it from history.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I know the story.

It is fiction.

You want to believe it fine, but do not try to sell it to me.

[reasonisfaith]

I’m simply pointing out that the copy spoken of in this article is necessarily one untouched by the cabal.

[reasonisfaith]

Is there any reason to prefer the altered Constitution over the original?

I don’t think so.

[Ge0ffrey]

I once found two old 20$ bills in a paperback I bought at the Salvation Army.

[reasonisfaith]

“Moreover, after studying the Amendment’s language and historical context, they realized the principle intent of this ‘missing’ 13th Amendment was to prohibit lawyers from serving in government.”

http://usavsus.info/usA—Original13thAmend.htm