 EXTREMELY RARE 14-STAR, 13-STRIPE FLAG, LIKELY MADE DURING THE ANTEBELLUM WITH AN ABOLITIONIST MESSAGE, ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN AND WITH ENDEARING WEAR FROM OBVIOUS USE, POSSIBLY OF U.S. NAVY ORIGIN, circa 1846-1848; EXHIBITED AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FROM JUNE – SEPTEMBER, 2021
 42 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A WAVE CONFIGURATION OF LINEAL COLUMNS, AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT THAT REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WASHINGTON STATE, MONTANA, AND THE DAKOTAS, circa 1889-1890
 EXTRAORDINARY 34 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN ACCORDION OR HOURGLASS MEDALLION CONFIGURATION THAT SURROUNDS A PENTAGON OF STARS IN THE CENTER; MADE OF FINE SILK AND ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN; MADE DURING THE OPENING YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR (1861-63), IN A TINY SIZE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS OF THE PERIOD; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF KANSAS AS THE 34TH STATE
 EXTRAORDINARILY RARE ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A THREE-COLOR CANTON THAT CONSISTS OF A TREMENDOUS, WARLIKE EAGLE, PERCHED ON A FEDERAL SHIELD, SET WITHIN A RING OF 14 STARS; MADE IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE MEXICAN AND CIVIL WARS (1846 – 1865) THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE IN THIS STYLE AND THE LARGEST OF ALL KNOWN RECORDED PARADE FLAGS WITH AN EAGLE AS THE PRIMARY IMAGE
 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
 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
 RARE SUFFRAGETTE PENNANT WITH ICONIC BUGLER / "CLARION GIRL" IMAGE, BEARING A SUFFRAGE FLAG 10 STARS, THE LARGEST TO REPRESENT SUCCESS IN ILLINOIS IN 1913; MADE FOR HARRIOT STANTON EATON BLANCH'S WOMENS POLITICAL UNION IN NYC, SIGNED & PATENT-DATED BY THE MAKER
 38 STAR AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL VARIATION OF THE “GREAT STAR” OR “GREAT FLOWER” PATTERN, 4 LARGE CORNER STARS, & AN ODD OUTLIER, 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD, EXTRAORDINARILY RARE
 44 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH A TRIPLE WREATH FORM OF THE MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, RARE IN THIS PERIOD WITH A CIRCULAR STAR ARRANGEMENT, 1890-1896, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WYOMING TO THE UNION
 13 STARS IN A MEDALLION PATTERN ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG MADE BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 1910 AND THE 1926 SESQUICENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
 ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 10-POINTED STARS THAT SPELL “1776 – 1876”, MADE FOR THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, ONE OF THE MOST GRAPHIC OF ALL EARLY EXAMPLES
 13 STARS IN AN UNUSUAL PATTERN ON A RARE PAPER PARADE FLAG WITH ADVERTISING HOP BITTERS, PROBABLY DISTRIBUTED FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL; EXHIBITED AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FROM JUNE – JULY, 2019
 13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN ATTRACTIVE & WHIMSICAL PRESENTATION OF THE MEDALLION CONFIGURATION; A SMALL-SCALE EXAMPLE, LAST DECADE 19th CENTURY
 42 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH SCATTERED STAR POSITIONING, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WASHINGTON STATE, MONTANA, AND THE DAKOTAS, NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, circa 1889-1890
 "VISIT TO CAMP," RARE, ANTIQUE, CIVIL WAR CARD GAME BY McLAUGHLIN BROTHERS OF NEW YORK, circa 1871, ILLUSTRATED BY JUSTIN H. HOWARD
 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
 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
 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
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