Apr 16, 2019 - Sale 2505

Sale 2505 - Lot 215

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(WAR OF 1812.) [Key, Francis Scott.] Star Spangled Banner. Illustrated printed sheet music, 2 pages on 2 detached sheets, 13 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches; moderate foxing, mount remnants on verso of second sheet. Philadelphia: J.G. Klemm, circa 1823
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Appears to be a reissue of the A. Bacon & Company version of the song, produced from the same plates but with a new publisher's imprint. Bacon's circa 1814-16 first printing from this plate was the first to be illustrated with the American flag; an example recently brought $35,000 at auction. Filby & Howard S12 (note); Muller 5; Wolfe, Secular Music 8345B.