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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 87

19th-century Comanche Concho Rattlesnake Belt RARE

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Starting Bid
$500

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This is a fabulous circa 19th-century Comanche rattlesnake concho men’s belt. The belt exhibits a harness trade saddle leather belt wrapped in rattlesnake skin with a green mineral pigment ocher / ochre painted or dyed finish showing nine large German nickel silver conchos. The nine concho / conchas are all German nickel silver with a domed design with soldered ring on the inside tied with Indian hide to the leather belt. The conchos have a nice patina. The belt has a large heavy white brass buckle and the belt slide is covered in rattle snake skin as well. The belt likely dates to the mid-19th-century. This is a classic, documented early Comanche pattern of men’s belt; see the circa 1865 Comanche Cartridge Belt with commercial leather and large German silver conchos sold June 2024 by Heritage Auctions for $4,550 (w/ bp) and the Comanche 19th century Concho Belt with trade harness leather and large conchos sold February 2019 by NAAC for over $3,000 (w/ bp) both in the same shape and manufacture of this example. Provenance: The belt is from the ex- 2004-2005 Allard sale where it was found to be an authentic 19th-century Comanche example; and from a Northern Montana collection. The rattlesnake skin and belt have stiffened with the end of the belt where it connects to the buckle has a crack. Measures overall 39-inches long overall by 2 5/8-inches wide at the middle. Each concho is about 2-inches in diameter. Buckle is 3-inches by 2 3/8-inches.

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