 MAGNIFICENT EMBROIDERY WITH A TRAPUNTO (RAISED) NEEDLEWORK RENDERING OF EMANUEL GOTTLIEB LEUTZE'S "WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE," LIKELY FROM AN ORIENTAL PAVILLION AT A WORLD'S FAIR, CA 1885-1900, UNIQUE IN MY EXPERIENCE IN THE PRIVATE MARKETPLACE
 45 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, A RARE FEATURE IN THIS PERIOD, 1896-1908, UTAH STATEHOOD, EX-RICHARD PIERCE COLLECTION
 13 STARS ARRANGED IN A 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN ON A SMALL-SCALE FLAG OF THE 1890'S-1910 ERA, WITH AN ATTRACTIVE, ELONGATED PROFILE AND AN UNUSUAL 5-FOOT LENGTH
 15 STARS, MADE EITHER TO CELEBRATE KENTUCKY STATEHOOD OR TO GLORIFY THE SOUTH, 1863-1865, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, EXTREMELY RARE
 38 STARS IN A "NOTCHED" PATTERN ON A 7 ft. CLAMP-DYED AMERICAN FLAG OF THE 1876-1889 PERIOD, REFLECTS COLORADO STATEHOOD, MADE BY THE U.S. BUNTING COMPANY IN LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS
 RARE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BANNER OF THE 1910-1920's ERA, MADE OF COTTON SATEEN, WITH STRONG COLORS AND ATTRACTIVE LETTERING
 LARGE SCALE, PRINTED SILK KERCHIEF FEATURING CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS AND EIGHT OF HIS STAFF, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, EXTREMELY RARE AND THE ONLY KNOWN STYLE PRODUCED FOR THE CONFEDERACY
 TRIANGULAR FELT SUFFRAGETTE PENNANT WITH "VOTES FOR WOMEN," AND ENDEARING WEAR FROM OBVIOUS LONG-TERM USE, 1910-20
 EARLY KERCHIEF WITH IMAGE OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE "BEAR" FLAG, PROBABLY MADE FOR THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1915
 49 EMBROIDERED STARS ON A SMALL SCALE PIECED-AND-SEWN AMERICAN FLAG REFLECTING THE ADDITION OF ALASKA IN 1959, OFFICIAL FOR JUST ONE YEAR, MADE BY THE ANNIN COMPANY OF NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY
 48 STAR U.S. NAVY JACK, MADE AT MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, HEADQUARTERS OF THE PACIFIC FLEET, DURING WWII, DATED 1944
 WEST VIRGINIA STATE PARADE FLAG ON CLAZED COTTON, CA 1929 OR PERHAPS PRIOR, A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE
 33 STARS IN A "GREAT STAR" OR "GREAT LUMINARY" PATTERN ON A HOMEMADE FLAG WITH A BEAUTIFUL, GLAZED COTTON CANTON, 1859-61, PRE-CIVIL WAR THROUGH WAR PERIOD, OREGON STATEHOOD
 36 SINGLE-APPLIQUÉD STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, SIGNED "J.A. STEWART," 1864-1867, NEVADA STATEHOOD
 38 STAR ANTIQUE FLAG WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION AND 2 OUTLIERS, ON A LARGE SCALE EXAMPLE MADE CIRCA 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD
 49 STARS ON A SMALL SCALE PIECED-AND-SEWN AMERICAN FLAG REFLECTING THE ADDITION OF ALASKA IN 1959, OFFICIAL FOR JUST ONE YEAR, MADE BY DETTRA IN OAKS, PENNSYLVANIA
 42 CANTED STARS, NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, 1889-1890, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD
 ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 10-POINTED STARS THAT SPELL “1776 – 1876”, MADE FOR THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, ONE OF THE MOST GRAPHIC OF ALL EARLY EXAMPLES
 COLORADO PENNANT IN THE FORM OF THE COLORADO STATE FLAG, MADE IN DENVER BY M. SILVERMAN BETWEEN 1913 AND 1916, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE 1911 CREATION AND ADOPTION OF THE DESIGN
 38 STAR ANTIQUE FLAG WITH A "NOTCHED" CONFIGURATION, ON A 5 ft. EXAMPLE OF THE 1876-1889 PERIOD, REFLECTS COLORADO STATEHOOD
 13 STAR PRIVATE YACHT ENSIGN, THE SMALLEST EXAMPLE THAT I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED WITH HAND-SEWN STARS AND A CANTED ANCHOR, 1885-1895
 31 STARS IN A FANCIFUL STARBURST OR "GREAT STAR-IN-A-SQUARE", ONE OF THE MOST RARE AND INTERESTING CONFIGURATIONS THAT A COLLECTOR CAN ENCOUNTER, ON A PRE-CIVIL WAR PARADE FLAG, CALIFORNIA STATEHOOD, 1850-1858
 13 HAND-SEWN STARS IN A 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH ENDEARING WEAR FROM LONG-TERM USE, PROBABLY MADE DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (1861-65), AND POSSIBLY ONCE BELONGING TO CIVIL WAR GENERAL AND SECRETARY OF THE NAVY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TRACY
 U.S. NAVY COMMISSION PENNANT WITH 13 STARS IN TWO DIFFERENT SIZES, 11-FEET ON THE FLY, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR - WWI ERA (ca 1898 - 1918)
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