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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 754

Tombstone Gun Advertisements & Ephemera 1880-1900s

Estimate: $300 - $500
Starting Bid
$100

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For your consideration are various gun advertisements from multiple different companies from 1881 to the early 1900s. The first few in this lot come from Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The first is a small booklet on Winchester Guns & Ammunition For Use In Cold Climates. It tells about how the company has long over looked its ammo and how it performs in the cold so they decided to tackle to problem with smokeless cartridges. The second and third pieces of Winchester ephemera are paper target advertisements. One is advertising Winchester air rifle shot, while the other and larger advertisement advertises four Winchester rifles. The fourth is a small piece of paper advertises Winchester cleaning preparations and shotgun shells. The fifth and last piece of Winchester ephemera is a larger piece of paper with a crow target. Also included in the lot is a Wead Hardware Company Guns, Powder & Sporting Goods advertisement booklet. It advertises various companies and the firearms they are selling. Another advertisement booklet is present in the lot and was published by L.C. Smith. This booklet advertises various weapons including Baker's Patent Breech Loading Double Barrel Shot and Rifle Combined and Baker's Patent Double Barrel Shotgun. The eighth piece of ephemera is a direction sheet from The Lyman Gun Sight Corporation for adjusting the Lyman Combination Rear Sight, No. 1. The ninth piece is a Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company direction sheet for loading Colt's pistols and directions for cleaning. The tenth piece of firearm ephemera is a product label from The Union Metallic Cartridge Company. The label was from a box of fifty, .38 cal. short ammunition. The eleventh and twelfth pieces are pocket knives advertising Winchester rifles. They show a red housing and feature a single knife. The thirteenth and fourteenth pieces are bullet casing pocket knives with one made from a 30-06 round and the other from a 44 magnum. The fifteenth and sixteenth pieces are two small buttons, both advertising Peter's Shotgun Shells. The pieces in this lot show good condition overall with wear present from their age and use over the years, but no major signs of damage is noted. The largest piece measures 8 1/2" L x 11" W, while the smallest piece measures 2 1/4" L x 2 1/4" W. They have a collective weight of 6 ounces. Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona G107 G109 G132 G215 G217 G218

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