ConstitutionDAO — How Crypto Folks Plan to Buy the US Constitution
They’ve put together +$40 million in 4 days.
More than 200 years ago a group of people defied the all-powerful United Kingdom and made history. Today, standing on the shoulders of those giants but looking into the future, another group of people plans to go down in history.
In 1787, America’s founding fathers gathered in the Philadelphia convention to delineate the legal frame of a newborn country. They wrote seven articles that gave form to what’s now considered the “oldest, continuing codified government charter in the world” — the U.S. Constitution.
Only 11 copies remain from the 500 that were originally printed. Among those, only one is still in private hands. Howard Goldman bought it in 1988 and now Dorothy Goldman, his wife — and the current owner — , has decided to sell it. This Thursday at 6:30 pm EST Sotheby’s is going to auction this “extremely rare official first-edition printed copy” of the Constitution, valued at $15–20 million. Selby Kiffer, senior vice president at Sotheby’s, said that “the Goldman Constitution ranks as one of the most rare and coveted historical documents that has ever come to auction.”
As such, it has attracted attention from those who are both interested in historical documents and rich…
