ConstitutionDAO Outbid for First Printing of America’s Founding Document in Sotheby’s Auction

ConstitutionDAO Outbid for First Printing of America’s Founding Document in Sotheby’s Auction
CORRECTION (Nov. 19, 01:22 UTC): Corrects story to reflect that ConstitutionDAO was outbid for the document and did not win as earlier reported.NEW YORK — A slapdash alliance of crypto fans was outbid for the U.S. Constitution in dramatic fashion.The group known as ConstitutionDAO was outbid by an unknown buyer who submitted a $43.17 million bid at Sotheby’s auction house on Thursday evening. When the gavel banged, a first edition copy of the Constitution, one of only 13 left in existence, was in new hands.ConstitutionDAO had captivated mainstream attention as perhaps the best example of a crypto community flexing its…