Surrendering the Colors: An American Flag Collection Goes to Auction

The first American flag Peter Keim collected was a hand-sewn thirteen-star specimen that he found poking out of a paper bag at a farm sale. Happily for Keim, the flag turned out to be a hand-sewn beaut from 1862, worth $10,000. Keim now owns approximately four hundred American flags. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices