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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 54

Doc Holliday's Dying Place Glenwood Springs 1887

Estimate: $1,200 - $2,200
Starting Bid
$350

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This is a fantastic photograph from circa 1887 of the Glenwood Springs Sanitarium Bathhouse where Doc Holliday died the same year, taken by Babize & Keck; Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. The cabinet card features a wonderfully and professionally crafted construction that shows the main house and outside of the Glenwood Springs Sanitarium in 1887; this is the facility that Doc Holliday died in on November 8th, 1887. Holliday spent the last 57 days of his life in at this bathhouse and on his last day he asked for a glass of whiskey, which he thoroughly enjoyed then looking down at his bare feet, Doc said, “This is funny” then died. The sanitarium shows a walking area with trees and sided to a hillside. Doc Holliday died from Tuberculosis and Colorado became a frequently used territory because it was commonly treated by open are facilities in colder climate because the running theory was that tuberculosis was cause by "bad air". The back of the cabinet card is marked as follows: Babize & Keck, Glenwood Springs, Colo. The cabinet card comes with an original museum tag that reads as follows: Glenwood Springs Sanitarium - Doc Holliday died here on Nov. 8th, 1887 - (Photographer) Babize & Keck, Glenwood Springs, Colo. The condition of this Babize & Keck cabinet card is well preserved with no obvious signs of damage to the cabinet card with slight browning to the card consistent with the age but otherwise shows a well preserved condition. The measurements of this cabinet card is 5" x 8". DH-39

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