The US Constitution (one of 11 copies from a historic first printing) is going up for sale at Sotheby's in 5 days.
A group of 3,000 internet friends in @ConstitutionDAO have almost $5M in soft commitments to buy it.
Here's the story so far...
A group of 3,000 internet friends in @ConstitutionDAO have almost $5M in soft commitments to buy it.
Here's the story so far...
The copy going up for sale is one of the 11 surviving copies of the first printing of the Constitution.
It was last sold in 1988 and is owned by Dorothy Goldman...
gf.org/trustees/dorot…
It was last sold in 1988 and is owned by Dorothy Goldman...
gf.org/trustees/dorot…
Just two days ago, @j_austincain tweeted that he was organizing some friends to bid for the Constitution...
https://twitter.com/j_austincain/status/1458850733495918596?s=20
They had a kick off meeting via Zoom and set up a Discord server that grew to 2,000 members in a few hours...
https://twitter.com/gnovak_/status/1459346381190189058?s=20
A lot of soft commits started coming in via people filling out a Google Doc...
People are adding (📜, 📜) to their profile and creating Nicolas Cage (National Treasure) memes to spread the word.
https://twitter.com/ryanjlieu/status/1459147589060866049?s=20
The plan is to buy and own the Constitution together: tinyurl.com/t3sbcu9z
It's fitting that a doc that starts with "We the people" should be owned by the people.
Excited to watch the power of the internet in action. Follow @ConstitutionDAO to participate.
It's fitting that a doc that starts with "We the people" should be owned by the people.
Excited to watch the power of the internet in action. Follow @ConstitutionDAO to participate.
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