Lot 353

Rare Weekly Commercial Advertiser Tombstone 1882

Estimate: $600 - $800

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Featured in this lot is this rare, "Commercial Advertiser" newspaper pages from Tombstone, Arizona, March 25, 1882, framed. Provenance: Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona. The "Commercial Advertiser" was a newspaper published in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, during 1882. The Commercial Printing Office, a key part of Tombstone's history, was located on Fremont Street in 1882. It was the printing facility where the Tombstone Epitaph newspaper was initially produced. The attached Tombstone Western Heritage Museum labels read from left to right, "ONLY 3 COPIES KNOWN TO EXIST! The Commercial Job Printing Office Owned by H. W. Hasselgren", and, "COMERCIAL ADVERTISER TOMBSTONE, A. T. March 25, 1882", museum code, "N-030". The framed newspaper is of two separate pages, each featuring individual advertisements for Tombstone businesses, news articles from Tombstone and Arizona Territory with one article mentioning Sheriff Paul "remains in Tombstone. He is confident that if he knew the whereabouts of the Earp party (Wyatt Earp, his brothers and Doc Holliday) he could effect their arrest peaceably and without bloodshed. He has assurance from friends of the Earps that the desired information will be imparted to him within a day or two. He (Wyatt Earp) alleges his refusal to accompany the Behan posse (Sheriff John Behan), the fact that a meeting of the two parties would be sure to result in the unneccesary loss of a number of lives." The newspaper is in amazingly preserved condition, edge tears noted. Normal age tanning and wear exhibited, wood frame is in good overall condition with slight scuffing to edges. Visible image measures 13.5"W x 21.5"L, frame is 15.625"W x 23.375"L x .75"D, weight is 3lb, 14oz.

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