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Tombstone Western Heritage Museum Auction: The Earp Brothers & Cowboys

Sat, Jul 26, 2025 11:00AM EDT
  2025-07-26 11:00:00 2025-07-26 11:00:00 America/New_York North American Auction Company North American Auction Company : Tombstone Western Heritage Museum Auction: The Earp Brothers & Cowboys https://live.naabid.com/auctions/north-american-auction/tombstone-western-heritage-museum-auction-the-earp-brothers-cowboys-20021
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 288

Sheriff Pat Garrett 1853 Coin Pin & Gambling Token

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Starting Bid
$750

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Featured in this lot are an Authentic Sheriff Pat Garrett personally owned custom made 1853 Quarter Dollar Pin, an engraved gambling brass token, and a gambling brass token. Provenance: Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona, Pat Garrett collection, Jarvis Garrett collection, John McNellis collection, Bobby McNellis collection / R.E.M. Collectibles / El Paso Saddlery collections. Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett (1850-1908) was an American Old West lawman, bartender and customs agent best known for killing Billy the Kid. He was the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, as well as Doña Ana County, New Mexico. Prior to becoming a lawman, Garrett was a bartender at Beaver Smith’s saloon in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. It was at the saloon that Garrett met and often gambled with William Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid. Many badges were custom-made by local jewelers or metalworkers, often reflecting the specific needs and designs of the local law enforcement agencies. Two notable events that occurred in the Old West of 1853 include the creation of the Washington territory and the Gadsden Purchase Treaty where The United States and Mexico agree to transferring portions of southern Arizona and New Mexico to the U.S. This custom coin pin features an 1853 Silver QUAR.DOL. (Quarter Dollar) from the New Orleans Mint displaying the eagle and rays on reverse. The face has been professionally engraved with an intricate floral design along the edge, the centre is blank. Coin pin exhibits deep rich patina. Both brass tokens are the kind that were used in saloons for coat check and also by lawmen for gun checks. Provenance: Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona. Letters included are from John McNellis, Vice President of El Paso Saddlery Company. El Paso Saddlery had outlaws Black Jack Ketchum and John Wesley Hardin, as well as lawmen Bat Masterson and Pat Garrett as a clients. The letters trace ownership of the coin pin and brass tokens from Pat Garrett to Garrett's youngest son, Jarvis, who at one time worked for a subsidiary of El Paso Saddlery, R.E.M. Western Relics. Jarvis gave the pin and tokens, along with assorted other gaming items belonging to his father Pat, to McNellis who in turn gave them to the Tombstone Museum. Museum code, "LO-140". Coin pin measures 1" diameter, engraved token is .125" diameter, blank token is .875" diameter. Combined weight is U6.

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