#79 • Benny Benson Signed Alaskan Flag

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

High bid $2,000.00

Status: Sold

Category: Alaskana

A historically significant Alaska State flag in blue fabric and gold paint, 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)." Housed in a wooden frame, it measures approximately 14.5" x 17.5" overall; flag alone measures 7" x 11" wide.