A John Pearce, bone handled straight razor with silver dot inlays, with case. From James Butler Hickok's Deadwood, North Dakota estate and descended through his family.

Provenance: Accompanied by a signed and notarized document that reads as follows:

“This silver inlaid, bone handled straight razor with its accompanying black case belong to James Butler (Wild Bill) Hickok and was retrieved following his death in Deadwood, South Dakota in Aug. 1876, by his brother Lorenzo Butler Hickok. The razor was subsequently given to Wild Bill’s older brother Horace Dewey Hickok who resided in the Hickok home town of Homer, Illinois (presently Troy Grove, Illinois). The razor then passed to Horace’s daughter Ethel, and later to myself, Edith Andrews Harmon, Ethel’s niece and executor of her estate. The razor was recently sold to Steve Dancey.”

Signed Edith A. Harmon and notarized.

From the Robert G. McCubbin Collection.

Lot 639, Brian Lebel's Old West Auction - January 25-26, 2019. Mesa, AZ.
Sold 10,030.

CDV of Wild Bill Hickok. 3 5/8" x 2 1/4", mounted to 4 1/8" x 2 3/8". Gurney, N.Y. photographer's imprint on front and verso of card. Pencil notation on verso, "Wild Bill".

Lot 331, Brian Lebel's Old West Auction - January 25-26, 2019. Mesa, AZ.
Sold $3,245.

CDV of Wild Bill Hickok. 3 5/8" x 2 1/4", mounted to 3 7/8" x 2 3/8". "AME'S Capitol Gallery, TOPEKA, KANSAS" photographer's stamp on verso. Written in pencil on verso: "Wild Bill of Kansas".

Lot 332, Brian Lebel's Old West Auction - January 25-26, 2019. Mesa, AZ.
Sold $4,130.

CDV of Wild Bill Hickok. 3 3/4" x 2 1/4", mounted to 4 1/8" x 2 1/2". Jas. H. Leonard, Topeka, Kansas photographer's imprint of verso. Written on plate at bottom of image: "WILD BILL".

Lot 333, Brian Lebel's Old West Auction - January 25-26, 2019. Mesa, AZ.
Sold $2,950.

CDV of Wild Bill Hickok. 3 3/4" x 2 1/4", mounted to 4 1/8" x 2 1/2". Sawyer’s New Art Gallery, Cheyenne, Wyoming Ter. Photographer’s imprint on verso. Various notations in ink and pencil on verso.

Robert McCubbin: "It is perhaps the last photograph of Hickok, taken as he traveled to his death in Deadwood, Dakota Territory from Cheyenne.”

Lot 334, Brian Lebel's Old West Auction - January 25-26, 2019. Mesa, AZ.
Sold $2,006.

CDV of Wild Bill Hickok. 3 3/4" x 2 1/4", mount size is 4" x 2 3/8". Unidentified photographer. Internal Revenue three cent stamp affixed to verso.

Robert McCubbin: "An early and the BEST photo of Wild Bill. Used for a woodcut engraving for the cover of "Harper's New Monthly Magazine", February, 1867. That image and article made him famous. This CDV was discovered in 1989 in an album of photographs belonging to Richard Bently Owen, who hired Hickok as a scout. It is the only known original.”

Lot 335, Brian Lebel's Old West Auction - January 25-26, 2019. Mesa, AZ.
Sold $47,200.

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