US PRESIDENTIAL SEAL OF THE PRESIDENT WALL PLAQUE BY THE INSTITUTE OF HERALDRY
Item History & Price
SIZE: 15"
Up for sale is an exact facsimile of the Presidential Seal that hangs on the side of Air Force One, the wall of the Situation Room behind the president and many other places the presidents visits like the White House Navy Mess. Custom made and one of a kind this seal was created to the exact measurements of the Institute of Heraldry. The process starts by taking a large chunk of clay and shaping it to the desired shape,
after that all the small little detail...s need to be hand sculpted by cutting each one from a already pre rolled sheet of clay. Then that simple cut out clay shape needs to be worked on, a process that takes a few days or in this case a record 2 weeks.
For this seal one of the hardest parts was to make the hair thin raised lines on the light blue part of the shield on the eagles chest. The lines were made one by one by slowly pushing a string of fishing line into the clay, a process which took over 30 minutes as every line needed to be evenly spaced.
Then the finished clay is baked and is submerged in silicone so we can get our mold. Silicone is a material prone to breaking but the detail it is able to capture from the clay justifies its use. When the mold is finished a two-part resin mixture is poured into the cavity and needs to cure for a couple of hours.
After that, the seal is carefully taken out of the silicone and hollowed out so it can be lightweight. Then the second hardest part begins the painting. The seal is painted with a special brand of enamel paints, One Shot. One Shot is the exact brand they use at TIOH.
Painting takes precision and patience as it takes almost two days to finish one seal. The brushes need to be constantly cleaned so the oil-based enamel paint doesn't harden and render the brushes obsolete.
This particular seal is meant to be hung on the wall or the side of Air Force One.
The presidential seal is one of the hardest pieces of Presidential Memorabilia to obtain and every single seal is numbered
and kept by either the Institute of Heraldry or the White House Communications Agency, so that means getting one is almost impossible and every single attempt of stealing one was uncovered.
The Institute of Heraldry prices one of these seals at 5000$ as when one was stolen the police report listed the crime as a first degree theft.
There were a few cases where the seals from the Kennedy and Johnson administration went up for sale. The Kennedy seal sold for more than 19.000$ while the Johnson seal sold for 14.000$.
This piece is meant to be a collection centerpiece and shares the stage with the Vice Presidential seal which is even harder to obtain.
It's extreme quality, rarity and the fact that it is one of only two pieces in existence justifies its price.
Up for sale is an exact facsimile of the Presidential Seal that hangs on the side of Air Force One, the wall of the Situation Room behind the president and many other places the presidents visits like the White House Navy Mess. Custom made and one of a kind this seal was created to the exact measurements of the Institute of Heraldry. The process starts by taking a large chunk of clay and shaping it to the desired shape,
after that all the small little detail...s need to be hand sculpted by cutting each one from a already pre rolled sheet of clay. Then that simple cut out clay shape needs to be worked on, a process that takes a few days or in this case a record 2 weeks.
For this seal one of the hardest parts was to make the hair thin raised lines on the light blue part of the shield on the eagles chest. The lines were made one by one by slowly pushing a string of fishing line into the clay, a process which took over 30 minutes as every line needed to be evenly spaced.
Then the finished clay is baked and is submerged in silicone so we can get our mold. Silicone is a material prone to breaking but the detail it is able to capture from the clay justifies its use. When the mold is finished a two-part resin mixture is poured into the cavity and needs to cure for a couple of hours.
After that, the seal is carefully taken out of the silicone and hollowed out so it can be lightweight. Then the second hardest part begins the painting. The seal is painted with a special brand of enamel paints, One Shot. One Shot is the exact brand they use at TIOH.
Painting takes precision and patience as it takes almost two days to finish one seal. The brushes need to be constantly cleaned so the oil-based enamel paint doesn't harden and render the brushes obsolete.
This particular seal is meant to be hung on the wall or the side of Air Force One.
The presidential seal is one of the hardest pieces of Presidential Memorabilia to obtain and every single seal is numbered
and kept by either the Institute of Heraldry or the White House Communications Agency, so that means getting one is almost impossible and every single attempt of stealing one was uncovered.
The Institute of Heraldry prices one of these seals at 5000$ as when one was stolen the police report listed the crime as a first degree theft.
There were a few cases where the seals from the Kennedy and Johnson administration went up for sale. The Kennedy seal sold for more than 19.000$ while the Johnson seal sold for 14.000$.
This piece is meant to be a collection centerpiece and shares the stage with the Vice Presidential seal which is even harder to obtain.
It's extreme quality, rarity and the fact that it is one of only two pieces in existence justifies its price.
