CSA flags

[JackADriscoll]

I always found flags interesting. I saw this flag coming up at an auction today and thought it was awesome. Just wanted to share. I'd never seen it.

 

[Gandycreek]

There's a lot of flags out there like that. Most of them are fake. Just sayin'.

 

[JackADriscoll]

There's a lot of flags out there like that. Most of them are fake. Just sayin'.

Oh when one reads the description it makes one highly suspicious. It basically says if you bid you are buying it's been authenticated without saying by whom or how.

 

[Woods-walker]

Yep. One definitely has to be cautious.
A group I work with found a regimental flag that was particularly interesting to the group. TWO "experts" examined the flag and determined it "probably " a fake. But, several years after the flag sold, new evidence proved the flag authentic.

 

[JackADriscoll]

Yep. One definitely has to be cautious.
A group I work with found a regimental flag that was particularly interesting to the group. TWO "experts" examined the flag and determined it "probably " a fake. But, several years after the flag sold, new evidence proved the flag authentic.

One of a kind items I need to see chain of custody.

 

[Woods-walker]

One of a kind items I need to see chain of custody.

Absolutely. That's what the group I m associated with looked at. But there was a question in the COC that red flagged the flag. Turned out that one question was resolved beyond question.

 

[JackADriscoll]

Absolutely. That's what the group I m associated with looked at. But there was a question in the COC that red flagged the flag. Turned out that one question was resolved beyond question.

Did you retain a photo?

 

[Kathy the history sleuth]

Very interesting to read about how these items are authenticated

 

[Woods-walker]

Did you retain a photo?

I personally did not. I was a very minor player

 

[Pollaco]

Is this supposed to be the flag of the 1st S.C.?

 

[JackADriscoll]

Is this supposed to be the flag of the 1st S.C.?

Yes

 

[Pollaco]

I don't have a whole lot on the 1st S.C.but when were they at Nashville? The unit did fight at Knoxville, I think.The honors on the flag mention Nashville, is there a Nashville, South Carolina maybe?

 

[JackADriscoll]

There's not a Nashville SC.

 

[JackADriscoll]

No sale at 4800. Probably should have taken

 

[Package4]

I always found flags interesting. I saw this flag coming up at an auction today and thought it was awesome. Just wanted to share. I'd never seen it.

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Flag is fake, there was a well know counterfeiter who made flags of this size for a number of years. A real flag would not be this size as it would be incredibly difficult to see in battle. There was a name for this group of counterfeit flags, but it escapes me at present @ucvrelics may remember.

 

[Package4]

Flag is fake, there was a well know counterfeiter who made flags of this size for a number of years. A real flag would not be this size as it would be incredibly difficult to see in battle. There was a name for this group of counterfeit flags, but it escapes me at present @ucvrelics may remember.

I just remembered they are called Bristol flags since they came from that area of Tennessee

 

[JackADriscoll]

Very interesting info. you could see it was a fake from what polloco pointed out the 1sc wasn't at Nashville. I find the market of fakes to be really interesting. There's some genuine skill required in some

 

[7thWisconsin]

I just remembered they are called Bristol flags since they came from that area of Tennessee

How long ago were these flags made? Were they intended as counterfeits in the ¨rip-off¨ kind of sense, or were they decorative art that got out of hand? Did they ever print stories with them; like, why is there an odd rectangular cutout in the field of the flag?

 

[RochesterBill]

An antiques dealer I used to know would tell people " that's a real flag " or whatever it was. I called him on one obvious fake, one that he clearly knew was fake - he was far from stupid - and he got angry, insisting that "it IS real, it's just not authentic".

I'm comforted by the knowledge that most crooks like him eventually get what's coming to them.

 

[Woods-walker]

An antiques dealer I used to know would tell people " that's a real flag " or whatever it was. I called him on one obvious fake, one that he clearly knew was fake - he was far from stupid - and he got angry, insisting that "it IS real, it's just not authentic".

I'm comforted by the knowledge that most crooks like him eventually get what's coming to them.

You gotta watch them good ole boys