The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman | Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana

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Flag: A 31-star American national flag said to have been used in the 1860 campaign of Abraham Lincoln, 1850–1858 1850–1858

Auction Closed

April 14, 05:34 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 USD

Lot Details

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Flag: A 31-star American national flag said to have been used in the 1860 campaign of Abraham Lincoln, 1850–1858

1850–1858

The hand-sewn double-appliqued cotton muslin stars configured in a "double oval wreath" or "double oval medallion" on a two-piece wool bunting canton; the stripes are machine-sewn wool bunting, the canvas sleeve with brass grommets, stenciled E.P. Foster, Maker, 37 South 3rd St., Philada.

Approximately 5 ft. 3 in. by 12 ft. 8 ½ in.

The American Flag Collection of Thomas S. Connelly (Sotheby's New York, 23 May 2002, lot 116)

With a placard stating This flag was unfurled during the first (Presidential) Lincoln campaign, 1860. It was found in the barn of a farm located on land which later became Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The 31-star flag originally commemorated California being admitted into the Union on September 9, 1850, and was official from July 4, 1851 to July 4, 1858.