A Rare Copy of the US Constitution Went Missing for Centuries, Now It’s Being Auctioned for Millions

ASHEVILLE, N.C.—Historical document appraiser and collector Seth Kaller spreads a broad sheet of paper across a desk. It’s in good enough condition that he can handle it, carefully, with clean, bare hands. There are just a few creases and tiny discolorations, even though it’s just a few weeks shy of 237 years old and has spent who knows how long inside a filing cabinet in North Carolina. At the top of the first page are familiar words but in regular type instead of the sweeping Gothic script we’re used to seeing: “WE, the People …” And the people will get a chance to bid for this copy of the U.S. Constitution—the only of its type thought to be in private hands—at a sale by Brunk Auctions on Sept. 28 in Asheville, North Carolina....