Other items up for bid at the auction: weapons, swords, a rare New Orleans and Louisiana map, paintings and manuscripts signed by Napoleon Bonaparte, James Madison and Governor C.C. Claiborne.
The collection was on loan for many years to the Louisiana State Museum, but has since returned to private hands.
Neal Auctions hope that an institution will get it, but can't say for sure because of bids.
I am hoping that an institution will get the drum and flag and other items so that the general public can still view them. I hate to think of them being in somebody's private collection.
But, Money Talks, As We So Well Know. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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