Somebody has way too much money to spend. I watched this auction on Ebay. I stopped bidding at 5 million... just kidding ;-)
Anyway, it appears that whoever bought this has no worries over the flag on the top. Then again, maybe Bill Cosby bought it to destroy it LOL!
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/04/holy-john-schneiders-general-lee-sold-for-nearly-10-mil/