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31 STARS IN A FANCIFUL STARBURST OR "GREAT STAR-IN-A-SQUARE", ONE OF THE MOST RARE AND INTERESTING CONFIGURATIONS THAT A COLLECTOR CAN ENCOUNTER, ON A PRE-CIVIL WAR PARADE FLAG, CALIFORNIA STATEHOOD, 1850-1858


37 STARS IN A VERY RARE DIAMOND CONFIGURATION, WITH PILLARS OF STARS ON EITHER SIDE, NEARLY IDENTICAL TO A LARGER EXAMPLE PRESENTED BY CIVIL WAR GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN AS THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG EVER CONSTRUCTED OF ENTIRELY AMERICAN-MADE MATERIALS, JUST 3 DAYS PRIOR TO HIS 1865 ASSASSINATION; THIS STAR COUNT ANTICIPATORY TO THE FUTURE ADDITION OF NEBRASKA


RARE & BEAUTIFUL 38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, AN INDIAN WAR PERIOD MILITARY GUIDON, MADE OF SILK AND ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, WITH EMBROIDERED STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD


ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WITH 13 SINGLE-APPLIQUED STARS IN A BEAUTIFUL, OVAL ARRANGEMENT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE 3RD MARYLAND PATTERN, MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN THE 1850’s AND THE CIVIL WAR (1861-65)


13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD (1861-1865), HOMEMADE AND ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, WITH ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE, AND WITH 9 STRIPES TO REFLECT THE OMISSION OF NORTH & SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, AND VIRGINIA, THE 4 SLAVE STATES AMONG THE ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES THAT SECEDED FROM THE UNION


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


SWALLOW-TAILED PARADE FLAG PENNANT / BANNER WITH AN IMAGE OF THE LIBERTY BELL BEFORE A FANNED ARRAY OF FLAGS & 13 STARS, MADE TO CELEBRATE THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, UNIQUE AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES


SWALLOW-TAILED PARADE FLAG PENNANT / BANNER, WITH A BOLD ILLUSTRATION OF AN EAGLE CARRYING THE LIBERTY BELL, MADE TO CELEBRATE THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE; THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE OF ITS KIND


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


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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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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32 STARS IN A VERY UNUSUAL NOTCHED VERSION OF THE “GREAT STAR” PATTERN, WITH TWO STARS ABSENT AT THE EXTREME POINTS OF EACH ARM, MADE IN THE PERIOD WHEN MINNESOTA JOINED THE UNION AS THE 32nd STATE; A VERY RARE STAR COUNT, OFFICIAL FOR JUST ONE YEAR, AND ACCURATE FOR JUST NINE MONTHS, 1858-59


13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF STARS, MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION


UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY PENNANT WITH "BILL THE GOAT" MASCOT AND WHIMSICAL LETTERING, circa 1930-1950’s


44 STARS IN ZIGZAGGING ROWS ON A PRESS-DYED WOOL AMERICAN FLAG MADE BY THE HORSTMANN COMPANY IN PHILADELPHIA, REFLECTS THE PERIOD WHEN WYOMING WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1890-1896


38 STARS IN A RARE AND STRIKING CIRCLE-IN-A-SQUARE MEDALLION, WITH AN ENORMOUS CENTER STAR, MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION BY HORSTMANN BROTHERS OF PHILADELPHIA, A MAJOR MILITARY OUTFITTER


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


EXTRAORDINARILY EARLY (1806) PRINTED LINEN KERCHIEF GLORIFYING GEORGE WASHINGTON, GERMANTOWN PRINT WORKS, GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA


48 STARS CANTED TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT IN DANCING ROWS, A RARE VARIETY OF ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG IN A LARGE SCALE, 1912-1918 OR PERHAPS EARLIER, REFLECTS ARIZONA & NEW MEXICO STATEHOOD


13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF HAND-SEWN STARS AND A BEAUTIFUL, ELONGATED PROFILE, MADE IN THE ERA OF THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, IN AN UNCOMMONLY SMALL SIZE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS OF THE PERIOD WITH SEWN CONSTRUCTION


13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH HAND-SEWN STARS IN AN EXTREMELY NARROW PRESENTATION OF A 3-2-3-2-3 ARRANGEMENT ON A CANTON THAT DOESN’T FOLLOW SUIT, LEAVING WIDE EXPANSES OF BLUE WOOL BUNTING ABOVE AND BELOW; MADE IN THE ERA OF THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, POSSIBLY AS A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN