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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
13 HAND-SEWN STARS IN A CIRCULAR VERSION OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE “3rd MARYLAND PATTERN,” ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE circa 1876-1895, WITH A HUGE CENTER STAR, AND IN AN INCREDIBLE, TINY SCALE AMONG SEWN FLAGS OF THE 19th CENTURY & PRIOR; AN EXCEPTIONAL ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION
"U.S.A." PENNANT WITH A FEDERAL EAGLE, 48 STARS, BEAUTIFUL COLORS, & GREAT GRAPHICS, WWI ERA (1915-1926)
13 STARS IN THE 4-5-4 PATTERN ON AN ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, OR JUST PRIOR, circa 1854-1864, WITH HEMP ROPE AND A SINGLE TASSEL; PROBABLY A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN; SIGNED “JENNIE B. SEAVER,” NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS
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
ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG / BANNER WITH A STANDING PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON & HIS HORSE, “BLUESKIN,” SET WITHIN AN OVAL WINDOW, ON A GROUND OF RED & WHITE STRIPES, MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE BY S.H. GREENE & SONS OF WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND
THE PERSONAL HEADQUARTERS FLAG OF PHILIP HENRY SHERIDAN FROM THE SPRING - SUMMER OF 1862, WHEN HE LED THE 2ND MICHIGAN CAVALRY WITH GREAT EFFECT AND ROSE FROM CAPTAIN TO MAJOR GENERAL
ELABORATE SILK BANNER WITH GILDED TEXT, SPECTACULAR BULLION TRIM, AND A BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED RENDITION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'S ‘PRAYER AT VALLEY FORGE,’ MADE FOR THE PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER OF THE PATRIOTIC ORDER SONS OF AMERICA FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION, IN 1901, BY ESTEEMED FLAG-MAKER LOUIS E. STILZ & BROTHERS
38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH SCATTERED STAR ORIENTATION, MADE OF SILK, WITH GENEROUS SCALE AND VIVID COLORS, COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-1889
33 STARS ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A "GREAT STAR" CONFIGURATION ON A BRILLIANT, INDIGO BLUE CANTON, A RARE AND EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE, PRE-CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE WAR'S OPENING YEAR, 1859-1861, OREGON STATEHOOD
26 STAR AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, MADE FOR THE 1844 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF HENRY CLAY AND THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN, WITH CLAY’S PORTRAIT SET WITHIN AN OAK LEAF & GEAR COG MEDALLION AND THE RARE PRESENCE OF SUCCESSFUL DELAWARE COATTAIL CANDIDATES STOCKTON & HOUSTON
13 STARS IN A MEDALLION PATTERN, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, IN AN UNUSUALLY LARGE SIZE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS; FORMERLY IN THE MASTAI COLLECTION, MARKED IN THEIR TRADITIONAL FASHION
13 STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, ON A SMALL-SCALE ANTIQUE AMERICA FLAG MADE DURING THE LAST DECADE OF THE 19th CENTURY
1876 CENTENNIAL STEVENSGRAPH BOOKMARK, WITH AN EXPERTLY EMBROIDERED RENDERING OF THE PAINTING OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, BY THE ‘PARTY OF FIVE,” BY JOHN TRUMBULL
ELABORATE SAILOR’S SOUVENIR EMBROIDERY FROM THE ORIENT WITH A BEAUTIFUL HAND-PAINTED IMAGE OF WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE, SURROUNDED BY A LARGE EAGLE, FEDERAL SHIELD, CROSSED FLAGS, A CANNON, CANNONBALLS, AND ANCHOR, circa 1885-1910
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