Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 360

Price Realized: $ 12,350
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
(PRESIDENTS--1844 CAMPAIGN.) "Clay and Frelinghuysen" flag banner. Print in red and blue (faded to brown) on cotton, 24 1/2 x 24 1/4 inches; area of light green soiling in upper right, 3-inch sewn tear in portrait area, two small ink blots with slight burn through, two other 1/4-inch holes, wear to both left corners, folds. Np, circa 1844

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An impressive artifact of Henry Clay's losing Whig campaign against Democrat James Polk, featuring a handsome Clay portrait within a ring of 26 stars. Collins, Threads of History 179.