The Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide

November 28, 2018

Join us in celebrating this holiday season with Americana antiques and one-of-a-kind offerings! Enjoy one-stop-shopping at The Great Republic-- perfect for all members of your family, work colleagues, and close friends! We’ve hand selected the items that we know will wow. Read through our Ultimate Gift Guide for holiday shopping ideas, and even purchase them with one ‘click’ right here on our website! Holiday shopping, made simple… and FUN!

We’ll give you a taste of our unique antiques with media ranging from rare books to war bond posters! These items highlight Americana in a collectable, memorable way-- perfect for any new or advanced collector, or a lover of American-made goods.

For the History Buff

Is there someone in your life who truly embraces history? We’ve got the gifts covered this year! These selected items tell a real story; perfect for the history buff in your life.

13-Star Naval Flag, St. Andrews Cross Star Pattern

Early 20th Century, Hand Cut and Sewn

Federalist Collage

Featuring the Signatures of James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay

1865 George Washington and Family, Print After Painting by C. Schussel.

Engraved, Signed by William Sartain

1882 "Planning the Attack" Original Oil Painting by Frederick James

Original Oil on Canvas, Signed, Dated, Inscribed

For the Guy Who Has Everything

Men can be hard to buy for-- they either buy everything on your list for themselves or they have such specific taste that it’s hard to pin down the perfect gift. Well, we offer exceedingly rare and exquisite gifts, perfect for the man that has everything!

Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story, First Edition

Inscribed and Signed by Martin Luther King, Jr., 1958, Original Boards with Clamshell

45-Star Swallowtail Flag, Circa 1896

Spanish American War-Period US Army Cavalry Guidon

"TWA To and Across America" Washington DC Trans World Airlines Poster

By Frank Lacano, Circa 1950

Capullo Flute On Beaded Iron Stand

Unique Design, Jan Barboglio Collection

George Circled Cufflinks

Hand-Cut Silver Quarter

For the Book Worm

Have a book worm in your family? Take a look at our vast selection of rare books, including many first edition and signed or inscribed copies.

Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, First Edition

Circa 1876, Original Blue Cloth Boards and Clamshell

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, Early Printing in Full Leather

1944, Signed and Inscribed, Custom Clamshell

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, First Edition, First Printing

1925, Blue Leather, Gilt Tooling, Custom Clamshell

For the Decorator

Embellish any home with a beautiful American-made piece.

Lady Liberty Pyramid

Stacey Lee Webber, Hand-Cut Mercury Dimes

American Hand-Carved "Live & Let Live" Eagle

Early 20th Century, Hand-Carved and Painted

Capitán Frame

Iron, Jan Barboglio Collection

Red Cross WWI Patriotic Poster

1918, Featuring Woodrow Wilson Quote

For the Traveler

Beautiful finds for the traveler in your life!

Bison Messenger Bag #550

American Bison Collection, Coronado

Bison Dopp Kit #593

American Bison Collection, Coronado

1748 World Map "Essay D'Un Carte”

By N. Bellin

Gentleman's Solid Cologne, Fulton & Roark

Palmetto with Brazilian Pepper, Cedar Wood, Magnolia

Don’t Miss Out! One-of-a-Kind Gifts Guaranteed to WOW This Holiday Season!

The Beautiful and the Damned: Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald

September 20, 2023

The Beautiful and the Damned, published in 1922 by F. Scott Fitzgerald, presents the reader with a fictionalized telling of the perpetually problematic relationship between Zelda and Frances Scott Key Fitzgerald. The novel is not only a landmark in the career of F. Scott Fitzgerald, but a glimpse into past high-societies wrapped up in a rebound cover of blue leather and hand-worked gilding.

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JFK and James Bond

August 29, 2023

President John F. Kennedy was a fan of Ian Fleming’s spy novels, and helped propel him to fame in the American market.

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California in Three Maps

August 23, 2023

California has a very interesting mapping history. During and after the Mexican-American War, efforts to map California increased. Once gold was discovered in 1848, cartographers, geographers, and business men hurried to survey the land, lay claim to it, and, ultimately, market it to Americans heading west. When California joined the Union as the thirty-first state in 1851, interest in plotting California's landscapes skyrocketed in tandem with its population. Explore the history of California with these three maps from our collection.

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