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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 265

C. S. Fly Identified Photos & Tombstone Ephemera

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Starting Bid
$350

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Featured in this lot are C. S. Fly Cabinet Cards and Tombstone Ephemera, circa 1880 to 1890. Provenance: Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona. Included are two C. S. Fly cabinet card photos of Pauline Jones and her daughter Hulda. Also included is a Cochise County Bank deposit receipt for Joseph Pascoly. Both Pascoly and Jones were business partners of Nellie Cashman. Ellen "Nellie" Cashman (1845–1925) was an Irish gold prospector, nurse, restaurateur, businesswoman and philanthropist in Arizona, Alaska, British Columbia and Yukon. She became nationally known as a frontierswoman, and as a devout Catholic, she raised funds for hospitals, schools, and churches wherever she settled. Her heroics and charity gained her the name the "Angel of Tombstone" . In 1881 she and her sister Fanny (Frances) opened Delmonico Lodging. Not long after, Nellie and her partner Pascoly purchased a hotel called Russ House. In 1882, the sisters opened a new hotel, The American. During this time, Pauline Jones became a partner with Nellie in one of the hotels while Jones also owned the International Hotel in Nogales. Camillus "Buck" Sydney Fly (CS Fly, C. S. Fly, C S Fly, Buck Fly) was an Old West photographer and lawman who is regarded by some as an early photojournalist and who captured the only known images of Native Americans while they were still at war with the United States. His photographs are legendary and highly prized. Based in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, C.S. Fly documented the peace treaty between Apache Chief Geronimo and the U.S. Army in 1886, as well as other iconic moments of the Old West. Fly gained access to some of the most iconic names of the 19th century: Apache Chief Geronimo and the bandits behind the shootout at the O.K. Corral. Without his studio in the notorious boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona Territory, we would be sorely lacking some dimension to our ideas of the frontier. While Fly didn't get any photographs of the actual gunfight which only lasted approximately 30 seconds, he did manage to capture both the outlaws and the lawmen on film before and after the bloodshed. Fly also served as Cochise County Sheriff from 1895 to 1897. Fly's images are very collectible and command premium prices today. Fly's gold gilt studio stamp is on the bottom borders, "FLY'S GALLERY, TOMBSTONE, A. T." Tombstone Western Heritage Museum labels read respectively, "MRS. PAULINE JONES Kept a hotel in Tombstone and was Nellie Cashman's partner Also owned the International Hotel in Nogalas", museum code, "P87", "Pauline Jone's daughter, Hulda", museum code, "P87A", "JOSEPH PASCOLY was Nellie CASHMAN'S business partner", museum code on reverse, "TTP188". The gold gilt edged cabinet cards are in well preserved condition in a clear protective plastic sleeve. Very slight scuffing on edges. Gold gilt still bright. Cabinet cards measures 4.25"W x 6.5"L, sleeve is 6.75"W x 8.125"L, combined weight U6.

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