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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 7

Ex-Dr Goodfellow Estate GUNFIGHT Area Boudoir Card

Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000
Current Bid
$2,000

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Featured in this lot is an Ex-Dr. Goodfellow Estate O.K. Corral gunfight area boudoir card circa 1885 from C.S. Fly; Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona; ex-collection of the Dr. Goodfellow Estate; ex-collection of John Gilchriese Collection and Museum and was originally identified by Gary McClelland a well known historian from the 20th century. This boudoir card features a wonderfully and professionally crafted construction that shows a photograph taken outside of C.S. Fly's gallery at the location of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. This photograph is the earliest known photograph of the gunfight area. The boudoir card is marked on the back as follows: Early Tombstone - 1885 - C.S. Fly. The boudoir card comes with an original museum tag that reads as follows: Earliest known photo of the gunfight area next to Fly's Gallery - 1885 - from Dr. Goodfellow's estate. George Emory Goodfellow (December 23, 1855 – December 7, 1910) was a physician and naturalist in the 19th- and early 20th-century American Old West who developed a reputation as the United States' foremost expert in treating gunshot wounds. As a medical practitioner in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, Goodfellow treated numerous bullet wounds to both lawmen and outlaws. He recorded several significant medical firsts throughout his career, including performing the first documented laparotomy for treating an abdominal gunshot wound and the first perineal prostatectomy to remove an enlarged prostate. He also pioneered the use of spinal anesthesia and sterile techniques in treating gunshot wounds and is regarded as the first civilian trauma surgeon. The overall condition of this boudoir card is well preserved with no obvious signs of damage to the photograph or the card. The measurements of this boudoir card are 5 1/4" x 4".* P-64 According to an article in True West Magazine Gary McClelland was looking at Fly photographs in the mid 1990's and identified the famous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral site in this specific photograph that is Fly's Boarding House on the right, and Fly evidently stepped outside his studio (off camera, at right) and took this photo. We can see the back of the Harwood house (to the left of the donkey) which is where the cowboys were standing, along the east side, when the fight began. We also can see part of Addie Bourland's shop directly across the street from Fly's. She was a major witness to the fight). A woman stands next to, what appears to be a wagon, at far left. This is a quate from the article: "Now what is amazing is that many people had seen this photo and nobody recognized the significance of it. Someone told me you could buy it for $100 until Gary spotted the location (the price is rumored to be $40K today). It now belongs to Steve Elliott of Tombstone and you can see the original in his museum, The Tombstone Western Heritage Museum on Fremont Street, about three blocks east of the site in the photo." - True West Magazine. One of the best photos in Tombstone History.

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