#15 • Alaska State Flag Autographed by Benny Benson

Part of June 2025 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $2,600.00

Status: Sold

Category: Alaskana

A historically significant Alaska State flag in blue and gold, signed lower right by John Ben "Benny" Benson (1912-1972), the fourteen-year-old student who won the flag design contest for the Territory of Alaska in 1927; Alaska became the forty-ninth state thirty-two years later in 1959. His description of the flag was "The blue field is for the Alaska sky and the forget-me-not, an Alaska flower. The North Star is for the future of the state of Alaska, the most northerly in the Union. The dipper is for the Great Bear - symbolizing strenth (sic)." Double matted in gold and blue befitting the gold stars, the flag is further housed under glass in a thin gold-toned frame. Measures approximately 22.75" x 17" overall, the flag noted as considerably larger than most examples typically entering the market.