Rare U.S. Constitution Auction

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A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution laid forgotten inside a filing cabinet. Now, it could sell for millions at auction.

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Rare U.S. Constitution of its kind thought to be in private hands will go up for auction on Sept. 28 in Asheville , North Carolina .

Minimum bid for the auction of $1 million has already been made and it is expected to go for a much higher price tag.

The document was found in a nondescript squat metal filing cabinet in a North Carolina home.

Kaller said the draft of the Articles of Confederation is presumed to have been owned by Joseph Hewes , one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence who was known to have stayed in Johnston 's home. The word " Confederation " is inked in the back of the document in the hand of Hewes . There is also a reproduction of Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's 1851 version of his famous painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware . It is believed to be a 19th-century German copy of the painting..