Confederate Civil War Flag Flies High At Jeffery Evans – Antiques And The Arts Weekly

MOUNT CRAWFORD, VA. — More than 1,600 lots crossed the block at Jeffery S. Evans & Associates on November 21-23, but a Civil War-era Confederate battle flag, hand-sewn in the St Andrews Cross or Southern Cross design, flew to $66,000 on the third and final day to claim top-lot honors. The 31-inch-square wool and cotton flag, housed in a modern frame, related to standard issue battle flags ordered by Confederate General PT Beauregard at the Charleston Clothing Depot in 1863. It came to auction from the collection of Catalina and the late Richard Hoover, who had discovered it in the 1980s at an estate auction in Washington, DC. The buyer was a private collector from the South, who was bidding online against four phone bidders. Prices quoted include the buyer’s premium; a future issue will feature a more extensive review of this auction.