The document, which was sold to an anonymous bidder at an auction in North Carolina, was among the first copies of the Constitution ever printed, experts said.

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.

A rare copy of the United States Constitution, printed after the 1787 Constitutional Convention, has sold for more than $11 million during a live auction in Asheville, North Carolina, on Thursday evening.

A rare, long-lost copy of the United States Constitution was found in a filing cabinet on a farm in North Carolina more than 200 years after it was drafted. The document is one of roughly 100 copies that were created on September 28,

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 Auctions sold the document,

A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution, printed 237 years ago and sent to states for ratification, was sold for $9 million at a North Carolina auction.

A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution found inside a filing cabinet in North Carolina sold Thursday for millions of dollars at an auction in the state. One bidder forked over more than $9 million for the founding document — which sold within seven minutes,

A rare 237-year-old copy of the US Constitution was sold for $9 million at a private auction by Brunk Auctions in North Carolina. This copy, discovered in Edenton, North Carolina, is one of only eight known to exist today.