Included in this lot is a Rare Original K. L. Hart Tooled Leather Holster, circa 1890. Provenance: Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone. S. L. Hart (Samuel Lombard Hart) was a very highly regarded and skilled gunsmith over his ten years in Tombstone plying his trade to the cowboys, gamblers, lawmen, and gunfighters of Tombstone. Some of Hart's more notable clients were US Marshal Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday, outlaw Ike Clanton and Buckskin Frank Leslie. Hart most likely taught his sons the gunsmith trade so that after Hart moved the family to Tucson in 1890, Hart's son, Kirt L. Hart, continued in the family business opening his own gun shop, K. L. Hart Store. Eventually the business expanded into K. L. Hart Sporting Goods and later Smith Sporting Goods Company. Kirt had a similar stamped hallmark as his famous father, which was the letters S and L over a "heart," an artistic yet compact and simple way of saying "S.L. Hart."; "K. L. Hart" over a "heart," located on the lower holster tongue. This tanned leather holster has a traditional Western tooled design along the border and tight stitching. Tombstone Western Heritage provenance includes a letter affirming the ownership of the holster from the Hart Estate through "a lady who had a large collection of the Hart items and we were fortunate to get the majority of the estate." Letter is signed by Marjorie Elliott, Curator & President. Museum code "G-179" located at the top left corner of the letter. A Tombstone Western Heritage Museum label, "HOLSTER sold by KURT HART through his Sporting Goods Store", museum code, "G-179". Holster is in very nice condition, stitching is intact and tight, rich patina exhibited throughout. Measures 5"W mouth, 10.5"L, weight is U6.