In the early 1800s, a Pennsylvania artist painted George Washington and a 13-star eagle on a bookplate; after over 60 years in a private collection, it emerged from a manila folder and sold for $226,600

A rare early 19th-century Pennsylvania Dutch folk art drawing showing George Washington and an American eagle with 13 stars has sold at auction for

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