$12,000
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000
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, single appliqued cotton stars on cotton canton, 9 hand-sewn cotton stripes, the canton resting on a red, so-called "blood" or "war" stripe.
42 in. x 91 in.Literature: Kevin Keim & Peter Keim, A Grand Old Flag: A History of the United States Through its Flags (2007), 58.
Note: The unusual star arrangement of this hand-made Flag suggests that it may have originally been created with 13 stars and that the outer 3 stars were added with the admissions of Vermont, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Tennessee was admitted to the Union, June 1, 1796, under President George Washington.