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28 STAR, HOMEMADE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON RESTING ON THE “BLOOD” STRIPE; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF TEXAS ON DEC. 29th, 1845; MEXICAN-WAR ERA; ONE OF THE RAREST STAR COUNTS OF THE 19th CENTURY, OFFICIAL FOR JUST ONE YEAR (1846-47); THE COMPLEMENT OF 14 STRIPES DISPLAYS NATIONAL DISUNION, REFLECTING ALL OF THE SLAVE-HOLDING STATES SAVE DELAWARE, WHERE THE INSTITUTION HAD BEEN DWINDLING FOR DECADES & POLITICIANS COULD NOT BE TRUSTED TO VOTE WITH A UNIFIED BLOC


35 STARS IN A DYNAMIC “GREAT STAR” PATTERN, WITH A HUGE CENTER STAR THAT HAS AN UNUSUAL RIBBON ROSETTE, AND LARGE STARS FLANKING IN EACH CORNER, ON A CIVIL WAR PERIOD FLAG, HANDED DOWN THROUGH THE FAMILY OF LT. JOHN POLLOCK (KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS, VIRGINIA), SAID TO HAVE BEEN CARRIED BY COMPANY “A” OF THE 61ST PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS; THIS REGIMENT LOST MORE OFFICERS THAN ANY OTHER IN FEDERAL SERVICE


34 STARS IN A RARE “GREAT STAR” PATTERN THAT INCORPORATES HUGE CORNER STARS, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG MADE DURING THE OPENING TWO YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR, circa 1861-63; REFLECTS KANSAS STATEHOOD


ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 48 STARS, A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, MADE IN JANUARY OF 1944, DURING WWII (U.S. INVOLVEMENT 1941-45), AT MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, FORMER HEADQUARTERS OF THE PACIFIC FLEET, WITH ENDEARING WEAR FROM LONG-TERM USE


31 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE PRE-CIVIL WAR ERA, MADE OF SILK, WITH METALLIC BULLION STARS & FRINGE AND WITH ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE ‘WAR STRIPE,” REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF CALIFORNIA AS THE 16TH FREE STATE, circa 1850-1858, IN THE WAKE OF THE GOLD RUSH


RARE 1984 RONALD REAGAN vs. WALTER MONDALE DEBATE POSTER, ADVERTISING THE EVENT AT THE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, WHERE REAGAN FAMOUSLY QUIPPED:  “I WILL NOT MAKE AGE AN ISSUE OF THIS CAMPAIGN”


13 STARS IN A CRUDE SINGLE WREATH, REMINISCENT OF THE BETSY ROSS PATTERN, BUT RENDERED AS MORE OF AN OVAL; AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, WITH AN EXTREMELY RARE & STAR CONFIGURATION FOR THE PERIOD; SIGNED BY THE SHOP OF PROMINENT FLAG-MAKER WILLIAM SCHEIBLE OF PHILADELPHIA, SITUATED JUST TWO BLOCKS FROM BOTH INDEPENDENCE HALL & THE BETSY ROSS HOUSE


PILOT HOUSE / TRADE EAGLE ON A HALF-GLOBE PERCH, HAND-MADE OF MOLDED COPPER, LIKELY ON AN IRON FRAMEWORK, circa 1860-1890


CARVED, SPREAD-WINGED EAGLE PEDIMENT WITH TERRIFIC FORM AND EXCEPTIONAL SURFACE, AMERICAN, circa 1850-1880


13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN OF ESPECIALLY LARGE STARS; A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, SIGNED & DATED 1914, MADE AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD IN NEW YORK CITY
Antique Furniture


SUBSTANTIAL CANNON-LEG TABLE [ALTER] FROM THE GREGG POST OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (G.A.R.) IN BELLFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA, MADE BY CHARLES J. NAYLOR OF PHILDELPHIA, ACTIVE 1870-1913


PAINTED, CENTRE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA BLANKET CHEST IN SALMON AND BLACK WITH FLORAL DECORATION, 3 DRAWERS, AND APPLIED, SPLAY FEET, circa 1815-1825


NEW ENGLAND BLANKET CHEST, PROBABLY OF MAINE ORIGIN, WITH SCALLOPED FEET AND SKIRT, PAINTED IN A TRANSLUCENT, OCHRE WHITE, WITH WONDERFUL, EARLY SURFACE, circa 1790-1820


NARROW PROFILE TALL CASE CLOCK, WITH WORKS ATTRIBUTED TO CINCINNATI CLOCK-MAKER LUMMAN WATSON, BEAUTIFULLY COMB-DECORATED IN RED OVER BLACK, WITH AN EXTREMELY UNUSUAL BASE THAT FEATURES A WHIMSICALLY INVERTED TAPER, POSSIBLY OF KENTUCKY OR TENNESSEE ORIGIN, circa 1810-1834


EXHUBERANTLY PAINTED, NEW ENGLAND TALL CASE CLOCK IN DARK UMBER, RED, & CHROME YELLOW DECORATION, WITH WOODEN WORKS BY RILEY WHITING, PLYMOUTH, CONNECTICUT, CA 1819-1835


ANTIQUE TWO-DOOR PAINTED QUEBEC CUPBOARD / SERVER IN ROBIN’S EGG BLUE WITH RED TRIM, 1810-30


UNUSUAL FORM PIE SAFE WITH LANTERN-STYLE TINS AND STRIKING, TOMATO RED PAINT, CIRCA 1840


QUEEN ANNE PERIOD BLANKET CHEST, CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY, PROBABLY MASSACHUSETTS, WITH BLACK DECORATION ON A RED GROUND THAT INCLUDES TWO WHIMSICAL FACES, ca 1740-1760


PENNSYLVANIA, PAINT-DECORATED AND GILDED SETTEE WITH THE RARE INCLUSION OF BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES, ca 1845-1865


UNUSUAL, SMALL SCALE, PLANK- SEATED, PENNSYLVANIA DECORATED SETTEE WITH A BLACK GROUND AND LYRE (a.k.a. BOOTJACK) BACK SLATS, ca 1870-1890
Folk Art


ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, CIVIL WAR PERIOD APRON WITH 13 HAND-EMBROIDERED STARS & 13 STRIPES, OF A TYPE WORN BY YOUNG WOMEN AT BENEFITS FOR THE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION, WHICH STAFFED, FUNDED, & MODERNIZED CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS, PREDECESSOR TO THE RED CROSS, 1861-1865


PAINTING OF A HUNTING DOG [GERMAN SHORTHAIRED POINTER] ON HAND-CARVED WOODEN PANEL, circa 1910-1930’s, AMERICAN, POSSIBLY OF MICHIGAN ORIGIN


SUBSTANTIAL ROSEWOOD CANE WITH A HAND-CARVED BUFFALO HEAD, CA 1940


ROBUST ORNAMENTAL CARVING OF A PRIZED RAM BY WEATHERVANE CARVER HENRY LEACH (1811-1885) OF MASSACHUSETTS, SIGNED & DATED 1876


EXCEPTIONAL, PAINT-DECORATED ODD FELLOWS HEART-IN-HAND STAFF, WITH GREAT FOLK QUALITIES, circa 1875


CARVED, SPREAD-WINGED EAGLE PEDIMENT WITH TERRIFIC FORM AND EXCEPTIONAL SURFACE, AMERICAN, circa 1850-1880


BLACK, TASSELLED, EDWARDIAN STYLE PARASOL / UMBRELLA, MADE BY FOLLMER, CLOGG & Co. OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, MODIFIED FOR SUFFRAGETTE USE BY WAY OF AN APPLIED, CHIFFON SILK PANEL WITH FANCIFUL, SCRIPT-EMBROIDERY THAT READS: “GIVE WOMEN THE VOTE,” circa 1900-1915


PAIR OF MAMMOTH, PAINT-DECORATED, AMERICAN LONG DRUMS OF EXQUISITE QUALITY, BOTH PAINTED ALL-THE-WAY AROUND, ONE WITH A DYNAMIC EAGLE & 14 STARS ON A PRUSSIAN BLUE GROUND, THE OTHER WITH A GOLD EAGLE & 16 STARS, IN A BLUE WREATH, ON A YELLOW & ORANGE GRAIN-DECORATED GROUND, BOTH MADE circa 1845 - 1865


CARVED OWL BY HENRY WINTER, SETAUKET, NEW YORK, circa 1920-1930's


NATIVE AMERICAN BEADED WATCH FOB WITH A STYLIZED FEDERAL EAGLE & SHIELD AND CROSSED AMERICAN FLAGS, circa 1915-1920’s
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PILOT HOUSE / TRADE EAGLE ON A HALF-GLOBE PERCH, HAND-MADE OF MOLDED COPPER, LIKELY ON AN IRON FRAMEWORK, circa 1860-1890


GLASS, PATRIOTIC PARADE CANES, ca 1876-1900


“WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE,” AFTER THE FAMOUS 1851 VIEW BY EMANUEL LEUTZE; RENDERED IN OIL ON CANVAS BY ITALIAN-AMERICAN ARTIST LUIGI AVOLIA (1887-1947) OF BUFFALO, NY, [FORMERLY ITALY, THEN PITTSBURGH], PAINTED BY HIM in an impressive scale, IN THE WAKE OF THE PATRIOTISM OF THE 1926 SESQUICENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE; DISCOVERED IN A HOUSE APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM WHERE THE CROSSING TOOK PLACE


CARVED & GILDED EAGLE OF MONUMENTAL PROPORTIONS, WITH A WINGSPAN JUST SHY OF 8 FEET, MADE circa 1885-1920’s, FOUND IN PENNSYLVANIA


EXCEPTIONAL STONE COMPOSITE EAGLE, ATTRIBUTED TO AUSTIN & SEELEY, LEADING ENGLISH MANUFACTURERS OF GARDEN ORNAMENTATION, circa 1826-1850’s


MAHANTNGO VALLEY PENNSYLVANIA BLANKET CHEST WITH UNICORNS


PRESSED BRASS EAGLE, AN EARLY PARADE FLAG HOLDER & BUNTING TIE-BACK, AN ESPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE, circa 1880-1895


ANTIQUE, CIVIL WAR PLAYING CARDS w/ STARS, FLAGS, SHIELDS, & EAGLES, & FACE CARDS THAT FEATURE LADY COLUMBIA & UNION ARMY OFFICERS; MADE BY BENJAMIN HITCHCOCK, NEW YORK, 1862


AMERICAN FOLK PORTRAIT OF A BULL, UPSTATE NEW YORK, signed & DATED 1885


ANTIQUE, BATWING, LEATHER CHAPS WITH GREAT PATINA AND “TEXAS” SPELLED OUT IN THE STUDS, circa 1915-1930
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13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 CONFIGURATION AND AN INK-STAMPED MARK OF THE NEW ENGLAND DECORATING COMPANY OF MASSACHUSETTS, WITH HAND-SEWN, TWILL TAPE TIES, MADE IN THE LAST DECADE OF THE 19TH CENTURY, circa 1892-1899


VINTAGE CALIFORNIA STATE "BEAR" FLAG OF STOUT CONSTRUCTION, AND WITH SIGNIFICANT GOLDEN BROWN OXIDATION THAT LENDS TO BEAUTIFUL PATINA AND CONVEYS ITS AGE; LATTER 1940’s - 1960’s


"RALLY FREEMEN! COME ONE! COME ALL! AND SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR THE BEST COUNTRY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH." A CIVIL WAR RECRUITMENT BROADSIDE FOR THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA, COMPANY F, DESIGNATED AS THE 187TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY, ESCORTED LINCOLN'S BODY WITH PHILADELPHIA'S 1ST CITY TROOP


36 STARS IN A RARE “GREAT STAR-IN-A-WREATH” PATTERN, WITH 2 OUTLIERS IN EACH CORNER AND A BIG CENTER STAR, ONE OF THE BEST DESIGNS IN ALL OF FLAG COLLECTING, 1864-1867, NEVADA STATEHOOD, CIVIL WAR ERA, FOUND AT NORMANDY FARM, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA


ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 13 HAND-SEWN STARS IN A 3-2-3-2-3 CONFIGURATION, MADE IN THE ERA OF THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, IN AN EXTRAORDINARY AND VERY DESIRABLE SIZE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS


28 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF TEXAS TO THE UNION AS THE 28TH STATE IN 1845, WITH ITS STARS ARRANGED IN A GREAT STAR PATTERN – AN ESPECIALLY FITTING CONFIGURATION FOR THE ‘LONE STAR’ STATE – ON A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON; OFFICIAL FOR JUST ONE YEAR (1846-1847), AND THE BEST OF ALL EXAMPLES PRESENTLY KNOWN IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS


DRAMATIC, CIRCULAR FLAG FAN OF UNCOMMONLY HUGE SIZE, WITH UNUSUAL CONSTRUCTION, MADE IN THE WWI ERA (1917-18), CAREFULLY CONSERVED AND PRESENTED IN A DEEP, CUSTOM-MADE SHADOWBOX


41 STARS IN A LINEAL PATTERN WITH OFFSET STARS THAT CREATE A CROSSHATCH IN THE CORNERS AND CENTER, ONE OF THE RAREST STAR COUNTS AMONG SURVIVING FLAGS OF THE 19TH CENTURY, REFLECTS MONTANA STATEHOOD IN NOVEMBER, 1889, ACCURATE FOR JUST 3 DAYS; EXHIBITED AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FROM JUNE – SEPTEMBER, 2021


33 STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION ON A LARGE SCALE ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE, OREGON STATEHOOD, 1859-1861


48 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG DESIGNED AND COMMISSIONED BY WAYNE WHIPPLE OF PHILADELPHIA, 1909-1912, A RARE AND HIGHLY DESIRED, SILK EXAMPLE, IN AN EXCEPTIONAL STATE OF PRESERVATION