Lot 154

Virgil Earp Colton Police Badge & Signed Document

Estimate: $2,500 - $4,500

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Featured in this lot is this Virgil Eap Colton, CA police badge and Virgil Earp and Allie Earp signed loan document; Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. Per Tombstone Western Heritage Museum this badge was found, with the loan document in Virgil's Colton, CA house. The badge is a Colton Police badge where Virgil was appointed the first City Marshal of Colton; this badge is a commemorative badge gifted to Earp with recent renditions showing the likeness of Virgil Earp with his Iconic moustache. This loan document is a museum representation of the original loan document for $500.00 signed but both Virgil and Allie Earp. The items come complete with original museum tags that read as follows: Virgil & Allie Earp signed this loan for $500.00 in Colton, CA in 1889 - This badge was found, with the loan document in Virgil's Colton, CA house. Virgil Walter Earp (July 18, 1843 – October 19, 1905) was an American lawman. He was both deputy U.S. Marshal and City Marshal of Tombstone, Arizona, when he led his younger brothers Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday, in a confrontation with outlaw Cowboys at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881. They killed brothers Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton. All three Earp brothers had been the target of repeated death threats made by the Cowboys who were upset by the Earps' interference in their illegal activities. All four lawmen were charged with murder by Ike Clanton, who had run from the gunfight. During a month-long preliminary hearing, Judge Wells Spicer exonerated the men, concluding they had been performing their duty. The condition of this Colton Police Badge and Museum representation loan document is well preserved with some tears to the loan document and the badge shows some patina to the brass and chipping to the enamel inlay but otherwise shows a well preserved condition. The measurements of this badge is 2 7/8" x 2 5/8" and the loan document measures 3 5/8" x 8". The collective weight of this badge is 34.8g. E-65, E-64

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