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Tombstone Western Heritage Museum Auction: The Earp Brothers & Cowboys

Sat, Jul 26, 2025 11:00AM EDT
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Join North American Auction Company on July 26th for a once-in-a-lifetime auction of the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum Collection. This extraordinary sale features the largest private collection of Tombstone history, including rare and historic pieces tied to Wyatt Earp, the Earp Brothers, and the infamous Cochise Cowboys. From original artifacts, outlaw relics, and the largest collection of C.S. Fly photographs, this is a can’t-miss event for collectors of the Old West’s most legendary chapter.
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Lot 118

19th C. Frank & Tom McLaury Family Mammoth Tintype

Estimate: $7,500 - $9,500
Starting Bid
$2,000

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This is the only known example of the entire McLaury family, including Frank and Tom McLaury killed at the O.K. Corral, in a large mammoth tintype circa 19th-century; Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. Frank and Tom McLaury are well known figures in the mythos of Tombstone, Arizona; they were two of eleven children born in Kortright, New York. The McLaury family worked a farm in Merideth, Delaware County, New York. The father Robert moved the family to a new farm near Belle Plaine in Benton County, Iowa, in 1855, where Robert also practiced law. This tintype shows the likeness of the family attributed to their time in Iowa before the two brothers moved to Hereford, Arizona in 1878. The brothers are attributed identity to the two gentleman sitting in the first row on the left hand side; identified by likeness from previous photographs and the perspective ages of the rest of their siblings in the back row and to the right in the front row. The condition of this original massive tintype is well preserved with some dings and folds to the tin with some scratching to the photograph on the tin to the right hand side of the photograph. The measurements of this tintype is 10 1/8" x 12 1/8". The collective weight of this tintype is U4oz. P199

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