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Heritage Americana & Political Auction Beyond $2.3 Million

DALLAS, TX – The gun Wyatt Earp used to George Washington: William Birch Enamel
kill “Curly Bill” Brocius soared to $375,000 to on Copper Miniature Dated 1796 drew
claim top-lot honors in Heritage Auctions’ $41,250. Birch was a celebrated English painter
Americana & Political Auction Feb. 22-23 in and enamellist who exhibited his work at
Dallas, TX. The prized relic helped boost the the Royal Academy and Society of Artists.
total return for the sale to $2,355,133. He introduced enamel painting to America. He
Used by Wyatt Earp to avenge his brother’s made about 60 miniatures of Washington; this
death, the Amazingly Documented 10-Gauge one is notable because of its excellent condition
Shotgun Used by Him to Kill “Curly Bill” and that the signature and date coincide with
Brocius drew bids from more than two dozen larger, central star in the middle, brought Washington’s last year as president.
collectors and nearly quadrupled its pre-auction $75,000. It is inscribed “Buchanan & Other top lots included:
estimate of $100,000. Upon learning that his Breckinridge,” followed by “For President,” $32,500: John F. Kennedy: Ash Tray from
brother had been killed, Earp formed a posse to above a woodcut portrait of Buchanan followed his Oval Office Desk
exact a measure of justice. on a lower stripe, “South Carolina.” $27,500: The American Mercury: Two
Also more than doubling its estimate was Bound Volumes of Federal Era Newspapers
More than a dozen bidders went after a
[Henry Clay]: Large and Important 1844 Native Theodore Roosevelt: Personally-Owned Top $25,000: Theodore Roosevelt: Highly
American Parade Flag, which found a new home Hat until it finished at $50,000, more than Desirable and Prohibitively Rare Pro-TR
when it reached $93,750. Bearing the words double its pre-auction estimate. Still housed in its Equality Pin
“BEWARE OF FOREIGN INFLUENCE” original silk-lined, leather carrying case, the hat $23,750: George Washington: Exceptional
across two of the stripes, the flag features a canton was accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity “Eagle with Glory” Inaugural Button
with an eagle, shield, draped flags, 26 stars and a dated September 26, 2019, from High Noon $21,250: Civil War and Beyond: 34-Star
ballot box captioned “Twenty-One Years,” a Western Americana, which has handled many Wool Bunting Flag.
reference to a proposal that immigrants needed to historical and vintage hats and is often called Heritage Auctions is the largest fine art and
reside in the U.S. for 21 years before they would upon to vet material. collectibles auction house founded in the U.S., and
be eligible to become naturalized citizens. the world's largest collectibles auctioneer and hosts
A fresh-to-market James Buchanan: the Internet's most popular auction-house website,
Important South Carolina Portrait Flag, with 13 National HA.com, searchable free archives of five million
stars arranged in the Betsy Ross pattern with a past auction records with prices realized.
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