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The West Rides Again: Tombstone Museum Part II, Western Art & Navajo Treasures

Sat, Nov 15, 2025 11:00AM EST
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Join North American Auction Company on November 15th for Part II of the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum Collection with other rare items. 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 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 52

RARE Wyatt Earp Original Photo Nome, Alaska Camp

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Current Bid
$500

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This is a rare, original photograph of Wyatt Earp at his Nome, Alaska Camp taken upon his arrival in Alaska, circa 1899, from the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum collection. This is truly a scarce photograph showing Wyatt Earp standing by his horse at his and Josephine Earp’s Nome, Alaska camp on their trip from Rampart, Alaska. The back of the photograph is handwritten as follows: Nome. Wyatt's Camp; the photograph is in almost perfect likeness to a photograph of Wyatt and Klum in Alaska, this photo was confirmed to be Wyatt by Gilchrease. The second is a photo-postcard from Nome Alaska of a penned group of horses and is handwritten on the back as follows: Nome, Alaska. While in Yuma, Wyatt heard of the gold rush in the Alaska Yukon. On August 5, 1897, Wyatt and Sadie left for San Francisco. Earp was reported to have secured the backing of a syndicate of sporting men to open a gambling house there. The Earps spent the winter in Wrangell before setting out in the spring for Dawson on board the Governor Pingree via the Yukon River. By the time they reached Rampart on the Yukon River, freeze-up had set in. The Earps rented a cabin from Rex Beach for $100 a month and spent the winter of 1898–1899 there. In 1898 they got as far as Rampart before the Yukon River froze in place for the winter. Rampart was a friendly place, but far from the real action. They left with the spring thaw and headed for St. Michael, on the Norton Sound, a major gateway to the Alaskan interior via the Yukon River. Wyatt managed a small store during the spring of 1899, selling beer and cigars for the Alaska Commercial Company. Wyatt's friend Tex Rickard sent him a number of letters belittling Wyatt's steady but small income in St. Michael as "chickenfeed" and persuaded him to relocate to Nome. The condition of this pair of photograph and photo-postcards is well preserved with no obvious signs of damage and shows a well preserved overall condition. The measurements of this pair items is 5 3/8" x 3 3/8" for the photo-postcard and 4 3/8" x 5 3/8" for the photograph.

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