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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 721

New Haven Calendar Pocket Watch & J.O.E. Co. Fob

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Featured in this lot is this New Haven "Calendar" pocket watch with a J.O.E. Company brass vest fob made in Pella, Iowa from the early 1920-30s. Clockmaker Hiram Camp and associates created the New Haven Clock Company on February 7, 1853, to supply clock movements to the Jerome Manufacturing Company, the world's largest clockmaking enterprise at the time. Three years later, the Jerome firm went bankrupt, and in April 1856, the New Haven Clock Company raised an extra $20,000 to buy the Jerome operation. By 1860, the factory employed 300 men and 15 women and produced over 170,000 clocks each year. The old Jerome factory was destroyed by fire in 1866, but a new brick factory was quickly built, and it still stands today with several expansions. Their working force had increased to 460 men, 52 women and 88 children by 1880 and nearly half a million dollars worth of clocks were produced that year. Non-jeweled pocket watches were added to the line that year and were offered until the 1950's. This pocket watch shows a yellow / tan clock face with black numbers and lettering and red numbers bordering the outside of the clock face. The back of the watch is engraved with a steam engine image. connected to the watch is a beautiful brass and gold plated (not tested) vest fob manufactured by J.O.E. Company in Pella, Iowa. Pella, Iowa was also where Morgan Earp was born. The fob shows a brass construction and appears to be gold plated. It shows a short chain connected to a brass mesh with small trinkets connected to the bottom. The trinkets connected to the bottom are a small bike, a decorative piece and a small locket box with an image of a high wheel. The chain is marked on the clasp reading, "J.O.E. Co.". Both the watch and fob show good condition overall with some wear present from their age and use over the years, but no major signs of damage is noted. The watch is in working order. The watch measures 2 1/8" L x 1 7/8" W x 5/8" D, while the fob measures 10 1/2" L x 1" W x 1/4" D. They have a collective weight of 87.2 grams. Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. SKE100

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