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33 STARS IN A DOUBLE-WREATH CONFIGURATION, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG DATING IMMEDIATELY PRE-CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE WAR'S OPENING YEAR, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF OREGON TO THE UNION, 1859-1861



34 UPSIDE-DOWN, HAND-SEWN STARS IN A NOTCHED CONFIGURATION, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WITH A SQUARISH PROFILE AND IN AN EXTREMELY SMALL SCALE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS; FOUND IN PENNSYLVANIA & RELATED TO ANOTHER FLAG FOUND IN THE RAFTERS OF A BARN IN PERRY COUNTY; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF KANSAS AS THE 34TH STATE, circa 1861-1863



39 STARS ON A HOMEMADE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN EXTREMELY RARE COMBINATION OF JUSTIFIED COLUMNS AND A HUGE, HALOED CENTER STAR, INFUSED AMONG THEM, WITH EXTRAORDINARY COLORS, EXCEPTIONAL VISUAL IMPACT, AND ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE; AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT, REFLECT THE ANTICIPATED ARRIVAL OF COLORADO AND THE DAKOTA TERRITORY; LIKELY MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE



45 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG IN A SMALL AND DESIRABLE SCALE AMONG THOSE OF THE PERIOD WITH PIECED AND SEWN CONSTRUCTION, OFFICIAL FROM 1896-1908; MARKED ‘STANDARD”; SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA, REFLECTS THE PERIOD WHEN UTAH WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION



13 STARS WITH SHORT, CONICAL ARMS ON A SMALL SCALE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A BEAUTIFULLY ELONGATED FORMAT AND MUCH PATINA FROM OBVIOUS USE; MADE DURING THE LAST DECADE OF THE 19th CENTURY, POSSIBLY BY J.S. OBERHOLTZER IN GERMANTOWN [PHILADELPHIA], PENNSYLVANIA



13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN ATTRACTIVE & WHIMSICAL PRESENTATION OF THE MEDALLION CONFIGURATION; A SMALL-SCALE EXAMPLE, LAST DECADE 19th CENTURY



EXTRAORDINARILY RARE, 1876 EXAMPLE OF THE FIRST NATIONAL FLAG OF AMERICA, THE “GRAND UNION” OR “CONTINENTAL COLORS,” MADE TO CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, ALMOST CERTAINLY FOR DISPLAY AT THE CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION IN PHILADELPHIA



45 STARS IN STAGGERED ROWS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG OF THE 1896-1908 PERIOD, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA, REFLECTING UTAH STATEHOOD



29 STARS IN A SPECTACULAR CROSS OR STARBURST MEDALLION, ONE OF JUST TWO KNOWN EXAMPLES IN THIS STYLE, PRE-CIVIL WAR, 1846-48, MEXICAN WAR PERIOD, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF IOWA AS THE 29TH STATE; FORMERLY AMONG THE POSSESSIONS OF CORPORAL NATHANIEL POWERS, COLOR BEARER IN THE 10TH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, WHO LOST HIS ARM AT THE BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS, VIRGINIA IN 1862; THE FLAG-ITS STAFF WRAPPED IN BLACK CREPE—IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO MOURNERS IN THE STREETS OF WASHINGTON, DC, ON



38 STARS IN AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE “GREAT-STAR-IN-A-WREATH” CONFIGURATION, 1876-1889, REFLECTS THE ADMISSION OF COLORADO AS THE CENTENNIAL STATE

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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



MAHANTNGO VALLEY PENNSYLVANIA BLANKET CHEST WITH UNICORNS



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

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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



STAG WEATHERVANE WITH TREMENDOUS, YELLOW-PAINTED SURFACE, FOUND NEAR PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, circa 1840-1870



EXCEPTIONAL GOLD RUSH POCKET SCALE WITH GREEN, ENAMELED TIN, GILT EAGLE & LETTERING THAT READS: “MADE EXPRESSLY FOR CALIFORNIA,” circa 1850

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ANTIQUE, BATWING, LEATHER CHAPS WITH GREAT PATINA AND “TEXAS” SPELLED OUT IN THE STUDS, circa 1915-1930



BEAUTIFUL 19TH CENTURY TAXIDERMY DIORAMA OF BOBWHITE QUAIL, WITH A WALLPAPER-DECORATED STRUCTURE, BY MADISON BURNETT, A FRAMER IN KENDALL, NEW YORK (LAKE ONTARIO), circa 1890



OIL ON WOODEN PANEL, UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1810-1830’S; THIS VIEW AFTER A 1796 ENGRAVING BY EDWARD SAVAGE (1761-1817): “LIBERTY IN THE FORM OF THE GODDESS OF YOUTH, GIVING SUPPORT TO THE BALD EAGLE”



SUFFRAGE "BLUEBIRD": ENAMELED TIN SIGN, COMMISSIONED BY GERTRUDE LEONARD & TERESA CROWLEY FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION, FOR ITS EASTERN CAMPAIGN, 1915



EXCEPTIONAL HAND-FORGED BRASS KETTLE, MADE & SIGNED circa 1800-1820 BY THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY, WHICH HELD A DEFACTO MONOPOLY OVER THE NORTH AMERICAN FUR TRADE FROM APPROXIMATELY 1670-1869; THIS EXAMPLE OF A TYPE TRADED WITH NATIVE AMERICANS FOR FURS



MID-18th CENTURY CAST IRON FIRE BACK WITH A LARGE, THREE-LIMBED TREE, A PLOW, TULIPS, AND BIBLICAL VERSE; ATTRIBUTED TO IRONMASTER THOMAS MAYBURY AT HEREFORD FURNACE, BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1747



MASTERPIECE QUALITY SCHERENSCHNITTE, WITH A PATRIOTIC EAGLE AND REFERENCE TO THE 1844 NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL ELECTION OF PUBLISHING MAGNATE JAMES HARPER, SIGNED BY NY CAPENTER ROBERT W. LAWRENCE



CARVED EAGLE ON A CIRCULAR PLAQUE, IN A VOLUPTUOUS AND WHIMSICAL STYLE, WITH WINGS REMINISCENT OF THOSE ON TOMBSTONE ANGELS, 3rd QUARTER 19th CENTURY



ICONIC PAINTING OF AN AMERICAN EAGLE BEFORE A CIVIL WAR NAVAL SCENE, WITH A GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC BADGE IN ITS BEAK, AN AMERICAN FLAG, AND A FEDERAL SHIELD, circa 1872-1890



RARE & UNUSUAL WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE PIN CUSHION, IN AN ENDEARING, DOLL-LIKE FORM, MADE OF HAND-PAINTED VELVETEEN, ENGLISH, circa 1880-1910

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EXTRAORDINARY NAVAL JACK WITH 13 LARGE STARS AND A BEAUTIFUL, FOULED ANCHOR, MADE FOR THE COMMANDER OF AN ORGANIZATION OF CIVIL WAR NAVYMEN IN OHIO, LIKELY FOR USE IN 1892, WHEN HE SERVED AS THE CHIEF COMMANDER OF ITS NATIONAL CONVENTION AT BALTIMORE



33 HAPHAZARDLY PLACED STARS AND 11 STRIPES ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE, POSSIBLY MADE WITH SOUTHERN SYMPATHIES; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF OREGON TO THE UNION ON VALENTINE’S DAY, 1859; OFFICIAL FROM JULY 4th OF THAT YEAR - JULY 3rd, 1861



13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 CONFIGURATION OF STARS; A SMALL-SCALE EXAMPLE, MADE IN THE 1895-1926 ERA, MARKED “R.H. MACY & CO.”



FORKED SWALLOWTAIL PENNANT OF THE U.S. NAVY RESERVE FORCE MERCHANT MARINE, EXTREMELY RARE & BEAUTIFULLY GRAPHIC, MADE AT MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, SIGNED & DATED



THE ROYAL FLAG OF SCOTLAND, a.k.a., “LION RAMPANT,” A GLAZED COTTON PARADE FLAG, LAST QUARTER 19th CENTURY



45 STARS IN STAGGERED ROWS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG OF THE 1896-1908 PERIOD, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA; REFLECTS UTAH STATEHOOD



ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, 13 STAR AMERICAN FLAG, WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 ARRANGEMENT OF STARS, U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, LIKELY MADE DURING THE CLOSING YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1864-1865



COPY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ON CLOTH, PRINTED IN BOSTON IN 1832 TO MEMORIALIZE THE PASSING OF THE LAST SURVIVING SIGNER, CHARLES CARROLL OF MARYLAND, IN THE YEAR THAT COINCIDED WITH THE 100th BIRTHDAY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON



EXTRAORDINARILY RARE, PORTRAIT STYLE PARADE FLAG, MADE FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF JOHN FRÉMONT, WHO OPENED THE GATEWAY TO CALIFORNIA STATEHOOD, WAS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’S FIRST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, AND RAN ON AN ANTI-SLAVERY PLATFORM; DISPLAYING 13 STARS, ARRANGED IN THE TRUMBULL PATTERN



COLORADO STATE FLAG OF EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY, MADE OF SILK, CIRCA 1911-1920’s, EXTRAORDINARILY RARE IN THIS PERIOD AND THE EARLIEST EXAMPLE THAT I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED