4285 RARE CONFEDERATE GUIDON PENNANT CONTRACTED IN

CURRENT BID
0.00USD
ENTER YOUR MAXIMUM ABSENTEE BID[?]
You must bid at least
5,000.00USD
USD
5,000.00 x 1 unit = 5,000.00USDApplicable fees & taxes are added at checkout.
[?]Live Online Auction Starts In 2025 May 11 @ 10:00 (UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT)
Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 5,000.00 USD
Estimated at 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD
RICHMOND VA. 16" x 12" polished cotton, all hand sewn, 11 4-pointed stars single applique in arrangement that can spell CSA. A handful of these guidon pennants survive. They were captured from Confederate armory at end of war, still attached to the Confederate Richmond made cavalry lances. Francis Bannerman cataloged these rare lances with attached pennants in 1905 at an incredible sum of $1000 for the day. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: copy of Greg Biggs monograph on Confederate Guidon pennants with copies of receipts for their manufacture. CONDITION: good overall, reductions and staining, small rust stained holes on leading edge are from tacks attaching to Confederate cavalry lance. Red has faded to orange brown, blue still has good color. (02-23893/JS). NON-GUN. $10,000-12,000.