Nov 17, 2016 - Sale 2432

Sale 2432 - Lot 281

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(PRESIDENTS--1880 CAMPAIGN.) "Garfield & Arthur 1880" campaign flag. Printed on silk, 11 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches; mounted on verso top edge to modern board, several small areas of wear and loss including parts of "1880." Np, 1880
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A 37-star flag with the text printed on the lowest white stripe. Colorado was admitted in 1877 as the 38th state, making the design a bit outdated. The Garfield campaign issued several flags of similar design, but we are not aware of other examples of this one.