BON HOMME RICHARD FLAG FRAGMENTS.

BON HOMME RICHARD FLAG FRAGMENTS. 2 flag fragments of wool bunting. One red ¾” x 1”, the other white ¾” x ½” and cut about 1889 from the 12 star US flag mistakenly credited to the Bonn Homme Richard. This flag was touted by the owner (Mrs. Samuel Bayard Stafford) as said flag as early as the CW and it was exhibited as such at the New York City “Metropolitan Fair” of April 1864 by the Stafford family. Error was repeated by George Henry Preble in the 1872 and 1880 editions of his histories of the United States flag. Flag was subsequently given to the Smithsonian Institute where it resides today. However, subsequent research by the curators and conservators at the Smithsonian later demonstrated that the flag was neither from the Revolutionary War nor of the Bon Homme Richard. The discredited flag is now in storage, yet myths die hard. 4-56400 (250-500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	3098A.	$172.00	BON HOMME RICHARD FLAG FRAGMENTS. 2 flag fragments of wool bunting. One red ¾” x 1”, the other white ¾” x ½” and cut about 1889 from the 12 star US flag mistakenly credited to the Bonn Homme Richard. This flag was touted by the owner (Mrs. Samuel Bayard Stafford) as said flag as early as the CW and it was exhibited as such at the New York City “Metropolitan Fair” of April 1864 by the Stafford family. Error was repeated by George Henry Preble in the 1872 and 1880 editions of his histories of the United States flag. Flag was subsequently given to the Smithsonian Institute where it resides today. However, subsequent research by the curators and conservators at the Smithsonian later demonstrated that the flag was neither from the Revolutionary War nor of the Bon Homme Richard. The discredited flag is now in storage, yet myths die hard. 4-56400 (250-500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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