A rare copy of the US Constitution that was found inside a filing cabinet sold for $9 million at auction this week. It took just seven minutes for the nearly 237-year-old document to clinch its hammer price, Andrew Brunk, the owner of Brunk Auctions, told CBS News.

The document was found in a forgotten filing cabinet in the home of Senator Samuel Johnson. Many people dread organizing their old office files, but recent news in the auction world might motivate them to finally do so.

It was printed after the Constitutional Convention finished drafting the proposed framework of the nation's government in 1787.

A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution that was found in a filing cabinet on the estate of a 19th century North Carolina politician has sold.

Believed to be the only privately held copy of the charter in existence, it was discovered in a North Carolina home.

A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution found inside a filing cabinet in North Carolina sold Thursday for millions of dollars at an auction in the state. One bidder forked over more than $9 million for the founding document — which sold within seven minutes,