$9,000
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
A Grand Old Flag: The Stars and Stripes Collection of Dr. Peter J. Keim
Auction: November 24, 2019 1:00:00 PM EDT
Hand-sewn, double appliqued cotton stars in a double medallion arrangement on a two-part wool bunting canton, machine-sewn wool bunting stripes, canvas hoist with three small brass grommets, mounted and framed.
66 in. x 93 in. (sight)Literature: Kevin Keim & Peter Keim, A Grand Old Flag: A History of the United States Through its Flags (2007), 61.
Note: This is an unofficial Flag as it was not until the Third Flag Act in 1818 that Congress changed the Flag from 15 to 20 stars and back to 13 stripes. Louisiana was admitted as a state April 30, 1812, under President James Madison. It was the first state created from President Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase of 1803, which had doubled the size of the United States.