$4,500
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
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 arranged in 5 horizontal rows of 6 and all stars pointing upward, on a fine two-part wool canton, white stripes are cotton and red stripes of wool, narrow hoist retains wool tape ties, accompanied by hand-written note of provenance.
58 in. x 98 in.Note: "This flag my dear mother was holding belonged to her father and layed on the coffin of his friend Col. Coyle a young US officer of the Civil War who was shot through his lungs and sent to Paris for treatment at ? he died of a hemorage (sic) in my dear fathers arms? ... Daughter Dorothy. I should thank my beloved cousin, who always... this flag. I am told that this flag was made in Lowell by Gen. Ben Butler."