ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution that was sent to the 13 states for ratification has sold for $9 million in North Carolina. The document was found inside a filing cabinet at a property once owned by a former North Carolina governor. The copy was made after the Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, approved the Constitution in 1787. The secretary of that Congress, Charles Thomson, signed two copies for each of the states and sent them away to be ratified. Only eight copies of the document are known to exist, and the one sold by Brunk Auctions in North Carolina is the only known privately held copy.… Continue Reading