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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 229

Wyatt Earp Photographs Post Leaving Tombstone

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Starting Bid
$200

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Featured in this lot are these Wyatt Earp PERSONAL photographs post-leaving Tombstone, Arizona Territory, 1900 and 1921. Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. There are two personal photographs from Wyatt Earp in this collection. The first is a dapper photograph of Wyatt Earp later in life taken on the beach in Nome, Alaska, 1900. After Tombstone, Wyatt and his wife Josephine moved to Alaska after hearing about the Klondike gold rush. Wyatt built the Dexter Saloon and it in turn brought them much wealth. After a few years, they left Alaska, eventually settling down in the Los Angeles area of San Bernardino County. The second is a photograph of Josephine standing on the porch of their rented bungalow in Los Angeles. These photographs are from a private collection of his personal photographs. Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (1848-1929) was a legendary lawman in the American Old West, including Dodge City, Deadwood, and Tombstone. Earp was involved in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which lawmen Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp - his brothers - and Doc Holliday, killed three outlaw Cochise County Cowboys. While Wyatt is often depicted as the key figure in the shootout, his brother Virgil was both Deputy U.S. Marshal and Tombstone City Marshal that day and had considerably more experience in law enforcement as a sheriff, constable, and marshal than did Wyatt. Virgil made the decision to enforce a city ordinance prohibiting carrying weapons in town and to disarm the Cowboys. Museum labels affixed to the frames respectively, "WYATT EARP at 52 Taken on the beach in Nome, Alaska - 1900", museum code, "JG88", and, "JOSEPHINE EARP 1921 WYATT'S 3rd WIFE", museum code, "JG89". The condition of this pair of personal photographs is well preserved, age tanning observed consistent with the age. The matted wood frames are in good overall condition. The respective measurements of these photographs is 4"W x 9.25"L and 5.75W" x 8.75"L. Frames are 9.5"W x 12"L x .5"D. Combined weight is 1lb, 14oz.

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