The Last Place to Buy a Confederate Flag

[struggle4progress]

BY POLLY MOSENDZ / JULY 7, 2015 6:38 AM EDT

... Experts estimate that there are only 20 to 50 authentic Confederate battle flags on the private collectors’ market today ... These flags were often destroyed by Union soldiers following a battle that went in the North’s favor ... Rarity is usually a good thing for collectors, but memorabilia experts say the Confederate flag market is “softening” ... In 2007, a Confederate flag in moderate condition commanded $77,000 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas. A similar flag brought only $50,000 in 2010 ... “A 40-year-old is not as interested as an older person who remembers their grandfather talking about the war” ... The largest and most venerable auction houses in the world, Sotheby’s and Christie’s, rarely deal in Confederate flags. “They want to make it clear that they do not agree with the philosophies associated with the flag being offered up for sale” ...

http://www.newsweek.com/2015/07/17/rebel-sell-349921.html

[onehandle]

1. I have a Confederate ten dollar bill somewhere.

Doubt it's worth even ten bucks.

[vinny9698]

2. That happens to all collectibles

The Model T had higher prices in the 50's as there were more demand for them. Now, it has lower in price and 50s cars demand a higher price. Collecters collect based on their nostalgia and their personal memories of their first car.