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William Segal of Santa Fe sported a rare Peru poncho of brilliant red and blue feathers. ���Feathered garments like this were worn throughout the pre-Columbian period,��� says Segal. The poncho is priced at $90,000. Above: Carl Hammer���s 1940���s Wisconsin trade sign; Below: Fred Giampietro���s copper and lead rooster weather vane Then at Steven Powers who heads up Works of Art & Americana in Brooklyn is a New England hooked rug of a blue cat for $9,800. On exhibit with Jeff R. Bridgman of Dillsburg, Pennsylvania are rare American flags, including a Centennial 36-star American flag and an 1876 US Navy pennant with 13 stars. ���Collectors are drawn to early American flags for their historical importance,��� says Bridgman. With Carl Hammer is a 1940���s Wisconsin trade sign. ���It���s far beyond the classic tin man,��� says Hammer of the sign of a green clothed figure in tin, which is tagged at $25,000. In terms of folk art, Fred Giampietro of New Haven is showing a copper and lead rooster weather vane for $26,000 as well as a copper and iron vane in the shape of a galleon. Of that distinctive vane, Giampietro says, ���It was probably made for a bank.��� Also in HYLAND