BREAKING: ConstitutionDAO fails to win Sotheby's auction

BREAKING: ConstitutionDAO fails to win Sotheby's auction

Proceeds of the U.S. Constitution sale will benefit the Dorothy Tapper Goldman Foundation. The online group, ConstitutionDAO, has failed in its bid to purchase the last privately owned, 1st edition print copy of the U.S. Constitution at public auction at Sotheby’s on Thursday.  "The 'Official Edition' of The United States Constitution" was instead won by an unknown bidder for $41M (or $43.2 million after auction fees), meaning the DAO failed in its historic attempt to put it “in the hands of The People.”The news broke in an announcement on the official Discord. "While this was not the....


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