Denver Old West Auction

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Brian Lebel's 23rd Annual Old West Auction will offer 418 lots of fine Western art, antiques, artifacts and collectibles from the 19th through the 21st centuries. The auction will be held live at the Denver Merchandise Mart on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 5pm Mountain time. Some highlights of this year's auction include:

A rare Reward Poster for the arrest of the infamous brothers Frank and Jesse James; a Parker Shotgun that belonged to Frank Butler of Buffalo Bill's Wild West fame; a rare Taber cabinet card of the most famous stagecoach robber of all time, Black Bart; a performance-used Buffalo Bill's Wild West parade flag; a pair of Borein watercolors; original Molesworth furniture and an oil painting by F. Mizen of Wyatt Earp.

The auction also includes antique and historic firearms, Native American art and artifacts, 19th century photography, Western fine art, advertising lithos, saloon and gambling items, spurs, saddles, bits, bridles, boots, books and more.

Fine art offerings include notable deceased and contemporary artists such as Edward Borein, Charlie Russel, Glenna Goodacre, John Banovich, Nick Eggenhofer, Fritz Scholder, Carl Oscar Borg, Dave Powell, Ace Powell, Mehl Lawson, ADM Cooper, Ross Steffan, Gary Niblett, Nicholas Firfires, Raphael Lillywhite, Olaf Seltzer, WHD Koerner, Robert Elwell, Bob Scriver, Eric Michaels, William Acheff, and Gary Earnest Smith.

Cowboy artists and craftsmen include Bill Adamson, Ed Bohlin, GS Garcia, Mario Hanel, Gary Keithly, Kelly Bros., McChesney, Schnitger, Shipley, Chas Weldon, Tad Mizwa and others.

Fine Native American arts and artifacts include beadwork, textiles, baskets, pottery, and quillwork from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Roy Rogers' boots, John Wayne's Nudies hat, Dale Evans' dresses, Tom Mix's hat and Montie Montana's gun are among the "Hollywood Cowboy" offerings. A gold guitar pin given as a gift and inscribed by Elvis is also being sold, as is a personal photo album that belonged to Zane Grey.

Over 200 original photographs from Buffalo Bill's Wild West will be sold (individually and in lots), along with an impressive selection of 19th and early 20th century American photographs.

Historic firearms include train robber Bill Carlisle's revolver, a large collection of early Deringers, a rare and early air gun, a Sharps Buffalo Rifle, and other antique, modern and relic guns.
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Raphael Lillywhite305 - Raphael Lillywhite
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Aspen Glade Oil on canvas 30” x 24” in original artist’s frame Signed lower left
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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Herbert M. Hergret (1885-1950)306 - Herbert M. Hergret (1885-1950)
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The Warrior 9 1/4” x 7” Framed to 18 1/2” x 16 1/4” Gouache Signed lower left
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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Dave Powell CA (b. 1954)307 - Dave Powell CA (b. 1954)
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All over but the Cryin’ 6” x 4 1/2” Framed to 10 3/4” x 11 1/2” Watercolor on paper Signed lower left Dave Powell CA
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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Ace Powell (1912-1978)308 - Ace Powell (1912-1978)
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Untitled but very similar to A Camp for All 14” x 20” Framed to 17 1/2” x 23 1/2” Oil on canvas Signed lower left Powell with Ace
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,600.00) = 1,600.00
 
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Ace Powell (1912-1978)309 - Ace Powell (1912-1978)
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Two Watercolors: Mounted with Buffalo Horn Bonnet Sod Roof Cabin 7 1/2” x 9 1/2” each Framed 12 1/2” x 14 1/2” Signed lower right Powell with Ace
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to nickl3022184 for (600.00 + 126.00BP) = 726.00
 
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Ace Powell (1912-1978)310 - Ace Powell (1912-1978)
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Indian Burial 14” x 18” Framed to 21” x 25” Oil on canvas Signed lower left with ace of diamonds
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (900.00) = 900.00
 
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Dave Powell CA (b. 1954)311 - Dave Powell CA (b. 1954)
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Indian Portrait Watercolor on paper 8" x 6 1/2" Signed lower left with star Framed to 15 1/2" x 13 1/2"
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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Dave Powell CA (b. 1954)312 - Dave Powell CA (b. 1954)
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Laykota Warrior Watercolor on paper 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" Signed lower left with star Framed to 14" x 12"
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (250.00) = 250.00
 
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Harry Jackson (1924-2011)313 - Harry Jackson (1924-2011)
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Sacagawea II Polychrome Painted Bronze 17 7/8" x 7 15/16" x 6 3/4" On 2 1/8" marble base Signed and dated in the bronze a...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,600.00) = 1,600.00
 
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Luke Frazier314 - Luke Frazier
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A Distant Bellowing 28” x 19 3/4” Framed to 26” x 34 1/4” Oil on board Signed, titled, and dated on reverse L. Frazier ‘95
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (600.00) = 600.00
 
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Luke Frazier315 - Luke Frazier
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A Much Needed Fire 8” x 10” Framed to 13 1/4” x 15 1/4” Oil on board Signed, titled and dated on reverse L. Frazier ‘98
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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Lucile Wilcox Joullin316 - Lucile Wilcox Joullin
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Native American Decorating Pot 7 1/2” x 10 1/2” Framed to 17” x 20” Pastel on paper Signed lower right
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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Heinie Hartwig (b. 1937)317 - Heinie Hartwig (b. 1937)
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Jackson Hole, Teton Camp 20” x 30” Framed to 28” x 38” Oil on masonite Signed lower right and dated ‘71
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,500.00) = 3,500.00
 
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Nick Eggenhofer (1897-1985)318 - Nick Eggenhofer (1897-1985)
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The Watchers 14” x 16” Framed to 23 1/2” x 25" Gouache on paper Signed lower right
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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Nick Eggenhofer (1897-1985)319 - Nick Eggenhofer (1897-1985)
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Pioneers 14” x 16” Framed to 23 1/2” x 25" Gouache on paper Signed lower right
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,600.00) = 1,600.00
 
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Robert A Winter320 - Robert A Winter
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Native Charge 36” x 48” Oil on canvas Signed lower right Robert A. Winter
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00) = 1,300.00
 
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A.D.M. Cooper (1856-1924)321 - A.D.M. Cooper (1856-1924)
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Indians on the Prairie 22” x 18” Framed to 29” x 25” Mixed media Signed lower left, dated 1905
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for (4,250.00) = 4,250.00
 
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Saloon Painting322 - Saloon Painting
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Engaging oil on board of a red-headed beauty, the classic saloon nude. Unsigned, 14 1/4” x 10 1/2” image size in deep period frame. Some flaking of pa
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (700.00) = 700.00
 
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Nicholas Firfires323 - Nicholas Firfires
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Steer Ropers in Trouble 28” x 37” Framed to 37” x 46” Oil on canvas Signed lower left
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,500.00) = 2,500.00
 
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Gary Niblett324 - Gary Niblett
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Home For Supper 15” x 30” Oil on canvas Signed lower left G Niblett 74
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,400.00) = 1,400.00
 
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Robert Farrington Elwell (1874-1962)325 - Robert Farrington Elwell (1874-1962)
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Wagons West 16” x 20” Pastel, oil, and conte crayon on paper Signed lower right
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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Nick Eggenhofer (1897-1985)326 - Nick Eggenhofer (1897-1985)
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Apache on Horseback with Trapdoor 16 1/2” x 13” Framed to 27” x 23” Mixed Media / Drybrush on paper Signed lower right / Dated ‘63
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00) = 1,300.00
 
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David Manuel327 - David Manuel
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His Heart Lay Wounded – Battle of Big Hole 17” x 12” x 17 1/4” tall not including base Bronze 20/20, 1978
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for (600.00) = 600.00
 
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Bob Scriver328 - Bob Scriver
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Calf in the Way 22” with wood base Bronze 33/150, 1981
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (2,000.00) = 2,000.00
 
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Mehl Lawson (b. 1942) CAA TCAA329 - Mehl Lawson (b. 1942) CAA TCAA
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Comin’ at Ya 23 1/2” x 17” x 15” Bronze 9/35
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,750.00) = 2,750.00
 
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101 Ranch Wild West Lithograph Poster330 - 101 Ranch Wild West Lithograph Poster
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Miller Bros. & Arlington 101 Ranch Real Wild West Poster. “Riding, Wrestling With & Throwing Wild Steers by Genuine 101 Ranch Cowboys.” Copy...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,000.00) = 3,000.00
 
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Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild West Lot331 - Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild West Lot
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a) Daily Review - Official Program 1929, 32 pages, browns and sepia, 8 3/4” x 5 1/2” Great cowgirl cover; b) Framed (shadow box style) “101 Ranch – Re
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (1,100.00) = 1,100.00
 
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Buffalo Bill Ephemera332 - Buffalo Bill Ephemera
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a) Signed dinner program for the Showman’s League of America, March 15, 1913. 12” x 17”, 4 pages, framed to show all in two panels. Framed to 33 1/2”
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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G. W. Lillie “Pawnee Bill”333 - G. W. Lillie “Pawnee Bill”
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Signed typed letter on Pawnee Bill’s Oldtown, Pawnee Oklahoma stationary. Dated 1932, letter to Ken Maynard, star of film and the wild west. Matted an
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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Pawnee Bill Ephemera334 - Pawnee Bill Ephemera
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a) Very scarce, “Official Souvenir Program and History – Pawnee Bill’s Historic Wild West” – “20th Successful Season in America and European Countries
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (750.00) = 750.00
 
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William DeVeney Wild West Items335 - William DeVeney Wild West Items
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Constantly mistaken for his good friend Buffalo Bill Cody, Bill DeVeney didn’t always walk away from the mistake. a) Bill’s beaded jacket, leather br
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to floor for (5,500.00) = 5,500.00
 
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Cabinet Cards of Buffalo Bill and Group of Indians336 - Cabinet Cards of Buffalo Bill and Group of Indians
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a) Buffalo Bill, Stacy photographer on black mount. Crisp image of Cody in his dress buckskins 5” x 7”. Image is unmarked, and board has slight damage
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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Nate Salsbury and Buffalo Bill Lot337 - Nate Salsbury and Buffalo Bill Lot
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a) Calling card signed by Cody’s manager Nate Salsbury; b) Cut signature of Buffalo Bill signed “W.F. Cody / Buffalo Bill / Fort McPherson Neb” on le
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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Annie Oakley & W. F. Cody ”Buffalo Bill” Autographs338 - Annie Oakley & W. F. Cody ”Buffalo Bill” Autographs
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Hand signed in ink on Canadian Drug Co. – Agents for Ithaca Co. and Savage Arms Co. letterhead. Dated Mar. 2nd 1904. 2 1/4” x 5 7/8”.
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (700.00) = 700.00
 
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Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Lot339 - Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Lot
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a) Bastian Bros. Co. Buffalo Bill pinback, in an unusual variation, scarce image and signature at bottom. 1 1/4” with clean sharp image. Only example
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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Check from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West/Pawnee Bill’s Far East340 - Check from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West/Pawnee Bill’s Far East
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a) Buffalo Bill’s Wild West / Pawnee Bill’s Far East signed check. Dated 1910 with bold signature of Cody with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West / Pawnee Bill’
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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Buffalo Bill and the Wild West Troupe341 - Buffalo Bill and the Wild West Troupe
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Mammoth cabinet card image of Cody and the whole Wild West Troupe taken at the New York State Prison. Cody stands with his wife and Chief Iron Tail. M
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Estimate : 600.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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Stereo View Cards of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West342 - Stereo View Cards of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West
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Total of 12 individual cards. Scarce images: a) Buffalo Bill on horseback pointing rifle; b) Annie Oakley shooting rifle at show. Extremely rare to fi
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,400.00) = 1,400.00
 
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Buffalo Bill Wild West Album Photos and Set of Mounted Images343 - Buffalo Bill Wild West Album Photos and Set of Mounted Images
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a) Lot of 6 photos removed from an album with misc. images on reverse side (early bicycle racers, lacrosse, etc.) Some very rare one-of-a-kind images,
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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Buffalo Bill Wild West Broadside344 - Buffalo Bill Wild West Broadside
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Advertising flyer, early broadside. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World. 20” x 5”. Nicely framed, excellent condition.
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Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Staff Photograph345 - Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Staff Photograph
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Early image 6 1/4” x 8 1/4” on light gray mount, 9” x 11” circa 1887. Photo of John M. Burke, Eugene Overton, Jule Keen and the other managing personn
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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Photographs and Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Items346 - Photographs and Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Items
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This lot includes: a) Ed Phillips’ leather bag with hand beaded border and his initials EP beaded onto the front of the bag; made for him by his wife
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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Wild West Photographs347 - Wild West Photographs
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Mammoth photos by photographer Jas E. Hunt, 141 Clarendon Road, North Kensington W. (Wales?) Board mounts are chipped and tattered with some stained:
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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Photograph Collection of Ed Phillips, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Performer348 - Photograph Collection of Ed Phillips, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Performer
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a) An impressive image of “The Wild Bunch” the image is clean and sharp and unaffected by the damage to the mount, small tape remnants at bottom. 7” x
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00) = 1,000.00
 
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Ephemera & Photos of Buffalo Bill and Ed Phillips349 - Ephemera & Photos of Buffalo Bill and Ed Phillips
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a) Photo of Buffalo Bill on horseback. 11” x 14” mount with 6” x 7 3/4” image, light (faded), stained, flaking. Mount chipped on edges/bad shape; b) P
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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Wild West Business Cards350 - Wild West Business Cards
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Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Calling Cards: Lot of 6 authentic and old business cards, including a personal card from Wm. F. Cody, Nebraska given to Mrs.
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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Ed Phillips and Buffalo Bill Photographs351 - Ed Phillips and Buffalo Bill Photographs
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Buffalo Bill related mounted photographs. All sizes are for the images, and do not include the photographers mounts: a) 5 3/4” x 3” Sioux Chief Iron T
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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Ed Phillips and the Wild West  Photograph Collection352 - Ed Phillips and the Wild West Photograph Collection
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Large grouping of great images. All unmounted photographs relating to Ed Phillips’ time with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Pawnee Bill’s Far East: a)
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 600.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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Ed Phillips and the Wild West Photograph Collection353 - Ed Phillips and the Wild West Photograph Collection
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Images of Phillips’ friend and fellow performer with Pawnee Bill, Leonard Sasseen: a) 7 1/4” x 9 1/4” image on 10” x 12” mount of Sasseen, Cy Compton
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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Ed Phillips and the Wild West Photograph Collection354 - Ed Phillips and the Wild West Photograph Collection
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Unmounted images of the Wild West including very important photos of Ed with some of the most famous folks of the day: a) 3” x 4” showing Ed, third fr
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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