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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 454

Rare Marysville Appeal O. K. Corral Trial Nov 1881

Estimate: $400 - $600
Starting Bid
$70

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For your consideration is an Extremely Rare Marysville Daily Appeal Newspaper article of the O. K. Corral Incident Trial in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, November 2, 1881, framed. Provenance: Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona. The Marysville Appeal was founded in 1860 as a broadsheet newspaper published five days a week in Marysville, California and covering Yuba and Sutter counties. The newspaper is a direct descendant of a line of newspapers that dates back to the Marysville Herald, which debuted August 6, 1850, two years after gold was discovered nearby at Sutter’s Mill. The gunfight at the O.K. Corral pitted lawmen Virgil, Wyatt and Morgan Earp as well as Doc Holliday against members of a loosely organized group of cattle rustlers and horse thieves called the Cochise Cowboys which included brother Ike and Billy Clanton, brothers Frank and Tom McLaury as well as Billy Claiborne. While lasting less than a minute, the gunfight has been the subject of books and films into the 21st century. Taking place in the town of Tombstone in Arizona Territory, the battle has become one archetype of the American Old West. The article is mounted in a stylized wood frame, the newspaper title header, "Marysville Daily Appeal Vol. XLIV. MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1881. NO. 106." Across the top. The article is titled, "Lively Times about Tombstone - A Big Murder Case - Railroad Progress - Water at Half a Cent a Gallon", located on the right side of the mounting. Engraved brass plaque on the left side says, "1881 OK CORRAL EARPS and HOLLIDAY VS. CLANTONS and McLAURYs". Newspaper items are in good condition, age tanning consistent with age and use. Decorative matted wood frame is in good overall condition, scuffing and chipping noted. Visible area measures 10.5"W x 19.25"L, frame is 12.75"W x 21.5"L x .75"D. Combined weight is 2lb, 10oz.

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