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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 511

Minnie J. Hart, Tombstone Memorabilia 1881-1889

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Starting Bid
$250

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For your consideration are Rare Cabinet Cards and Memorabilia of S. L. Hart's Daughter, Minnie Jane Hart, circa 1881-1889. Provenance: Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona. The legacy of S.L. Hart as gunsmith to the cowboys, gamblers, lawmen, and gunfighters of Tombstone cannot be over estimated. Today a firearm with the "S.L. Hart" stamp is almost priceless. His daughter Minnie Jane taught school in 1890 at Tombstone's first school house. She replaced the first woman schoolteacher in Tombstone, Sarah Herring Sorin, who eventually became Arizona's first woman attorney and the first woman to try a case in front of the US Supreme Court unassisted by a male attorney. This collection includes two cabinet cards from Minnie's time in Wisconsin: one from Rosenkrans' Studio, Eau Claire, and Ely Studio Oshkosh. A miniature Carte de Visite photograph shows Minnie seated on a studio swing. Also included is Minnie's Cochise County Teaching Certificate 1889 (she started teaching in 1890), a Rare Photograph of the Original Tombstone School House, and lastly Philip Hart's (Minnie's brother) report card from the Menasha Public School in Wisconsin signed by S. L. Hart, his wife and the principal E. G. Haylett, 1883. Tombstone Western Heritage Museum labels on the face of the clear protective plastic sleeves respectively: "MINNIE HART, S. L. Hart's daughter taken in 1881 and 1882 She taught school in Tombstone in 1890 & died in Tucson at the age of 42" museum code TTP-17,18;" "Minnie Hart", museum code, "TTP-22;" "ORIGINAL TOMBSTONE SCHOOL HOUSE which no longer exists", museum code "TTP-37;" "PHILIP HART'S report card from 1883 in Wisconsin Signed by both Mr. & Mrs. S. L. Hart", museum code, "TTP-12." The rare cabinet cards, carte de visite, school house photo and schooling memorabilia are in amazingly preserved condition, age tanning noted consistent with age and use. Largest item measures 7"W x 9.75"L, plastic sleeve is 8.375"W x 10.125"L; smallest is 1.5"W x 2.25"L. Combined weight is 6oz.

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