Tombstone Western Heritage Museum Auction: The Earp Brothers & Cowboys
Sat, Jul 26, 2025 11:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 111
The Tombstone Epitaph: Sept. 10, 1881 "Holdup"
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
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| $100,000 | $5,000 |
Featured in this lot is this The Tombstone Epitaph: Sept. 10, 1881 "The Bisbee Stage Holdup"; Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. The newspaper features the original daily edition Vol. 2 No. 205 from Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona That includes two unique about the attempted arrest of McMasters with a long article about the events of the day and the telegram that ruined Marshal Earp's chances at retrieving McMaster's. The other article is about a stage robbery by three masked men that robbed the Wells Fargo & Co. while The condition of this The Tombstone Epitaph newspaper is well preserved with some natural tears due to age along with the browning to the pages but otherwise shows a well preserved condition. The measurements of this framed newspaper is 29" x 40 7/8" and the visible newspaper measures 23 1/2" x 35 3/8". The collective weight of this framed newspaper is 13lb 12oz.
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