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Andy Thomas, oil on linen

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:3,000.00 USD Estimated At:25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD
Andy Thomas, oil on linen
Andy Thomas (1957 - ) Gunfight at Long Branch Saloon 24" x 20" oil on linen Signed lower right $25,000-35,000 A gunfight between "Cockeyed" Frank Loving and Levi Richardson had been brewing for months in Dodge City. On April 5, 1879, Richardson was waiting in the Long Branch Saloon. Soon after Loving arrived, a quiet conversation exploded into open shooting; the men dodging and firing across a billiard table. A total of 11 shots were fired before Richardson finally slumped to the floor, fatally shot. Loving only suffered a "slight scratch" from the altercation, and was later released from jail, the shooting having been deemed "self defense".