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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 351

Sheriff John Slaughter Photo Collage, circa 1920

Estimate: $750 - $1,500
Starting Bid
$200

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Featured in this lot is a Sheriff John Slaughter Photo Collage, circa 1920. Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. John Horton Slaughter (1841-1922), also known as Texas John Slaughter, was an American lawman, cowboy, poker player and rancher in the Southweestern United States. After the American CIvil War, Slaughter earned a reputation fighting hostile Indians and Mexican and American outlaws in the Arizona and New Mexico territories as a Texas Ranger and local sheriff. Slaughter served as sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona Territory five years after the infamous Gunfight at the O. K. Corral. As sheriff, he helped track Geronimo, the Apache chief. The photo collage is titled, "A Day At Marblehead". It has four photos that include John Slaughter and his wife and four photos that include daughter Addie and her family. Photos were taken along Marblehead's rocky beachfront. Beachfront summer homes of wealthy Boston residents are seen in the distance. Weldon Humphrey Sr., originally from Boston, came to Cochise County Arizona Territory at the turn on the century to find his fortune in mining. For a time he was a policeman in Bisbee, the town 20 miles from Tombstone and closely linked with Tombstone history. In the 1920s, Weldon's son, a mining geophysicist, worked for Wyatt earp, surveying prospective mines in California. Letter included is from Marjorie Elliott, Curator and President of the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum that traces ownership of the scrapbook photo collage from the Weldon Humphrey, Jr. Estate from whom the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum received them. A Tombstone Western Heritage Museum label attached to the clear protective sleeve reads, "JOHN SLAUGHTER at "A Day at Marblehead" from the scrapbook of Weldon Humphrey, Sr. - artwork by Mrs. Humphrey.", museum code, "HUM-31". Collage measures 10"W x 12"L, sleeve is 11.375"W x 13"L, combined weight is 6oz.

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