Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
A Grand Old Flag: The Stars and Stripes Collection of Dr. Peter J. Keim
Auction: November 24, 2019 1:00:00 PM EDT
36 stars pasted to one side of cotton canton and 37 stars pasted to the other side, both in unusual arrangements, 11 machine-sewn white cotton and red wool bunting stripes, with a wide cotton sleeve sewn to earlier canvas hoist.
39 1/2 in. x 69 1/2 in.Literature: Kevin Keim & Peter Keim, A Grand Old Flag: A History of the United States Through its Flags (2007), 112.
Note: The unusual arrangement of stars from reverse to obverse presents the design of a meteor with a tail and nose. The stars point in random directions and the canton rests on the sixth stripe.