Tombstone Western Heritage Museum Auction: The Earp Brothers & Cowboys
Sat, Jul 26, 2025 11:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 349
Rare Museum Virgil Earp Chief of Police Badge
Estimate: $600 - $800
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| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
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| $100,000 | $5,000 |
Featured in this lot is this museum edition of Virgil Earp "Chief of Police" silver badge; Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. The badge is a piece of Tombstone history made specifically from the dimensions and likeness of the original badge. The Virgil Earp badge is clearly a one-of-a-kind, hand-fashioned badge, and it seems reasonable to suppose that when Virgil became a peace officer in Tombstone that he either had a badge made in the style of Wyatt's or Wyatt had it made for him. While some have speculated that Virgil's badge was the same one worn by Wyatt, this cannot be the case. Wyatt never had the title "Chief of Police," and Virgil's badge has a five-point star suspended from it, clearly as made. No such star is seen on the badge Wyatt wears in the photo. The condition of this Replica Badge is good with some patina to the face of the badge and to the back of the badge but otherwise shows a good overall condition. The measurements of this badge is 1 7/8" x 2 1/2" x 1/8". The collective weight of this badge is 13.1g. LO-85
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