$20,000
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
White stenciled stars, configured in 4 rows of 7 on a four-part cotton canton, 11 navy blue, red and white stripes all hand-sewn, heavy cotton hoist with eight brass rings, mounted and framed.
54 in. x 121 in. (sight)Provenance: Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, MD, Pennsylvania, August 4, 2004.
Literature: Kevin Keim & Peter Keim, A Grand Old Flag: A History of the United States Through its Flags (2007), accompanying fold-out.
Note: Texas was admitted as the 28th state December 29, 1845, under President James K. Polk.
Exhibition: The Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, Texas.