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VIRGIL EARP * PSA * OK CORRAL Marshal AUTOGRAPH Loan Document SIGNED WYATT Bro
$5,750.00
Guaranteed Authentic
O.K. CORRAL MARSHALL VIRGIL EARP SCARCE AUTOGRAPH PROMISSORY NOTE
Legendary Tombstone, Arizona Marshall VIRGIL EARP scarce autograph bank promissory note for $500, dated April 8, 1889 signed by both Virgil and his wife, Alvira "Allie" Earp at lower right. Following the infamous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, the lawman left Tombstone to recuperate from his wounds in Colton, California where his parents lived. A handwritten secretarial cancellation indicates the note was "PAID July 23/89".
It is believed that this note is most likely for the purchase of the Virgil Earp homestead at 528 West H Street in Colton. The promissory note was deaccessioned from the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, AZ, and includes an additional handwritten note of provenance from H.E. Kennedy stating [we] "found a receipt from Virgil Earp and his wife from the bank of Colton in which my mother own[s] the house at 528 West 'H' St Colton."
Modern media depictions of Virgil's brother Wyatt Earp have made him into a legend, often depicted as the central lawman in the shootout, but it was Virgil who was Tombstone City Marshal and a Deputy U.S. Marshal. Virgil, his brothers Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday confronted the outlaws in a narrow lot on Fremont Street. In the ensuing violence, Virgil was shot through the calf. After the gunfight the Earps relocated their families to the nearby Cosmopolitan Hotel for mutual support and protection. At about 11:30 pm on December 28, 1881, Virgil was ambushed as he walked from the Oriental Saloon to his room. It was reported that "he was fired upon with double-barreled shotguns, loaded with buckshot, by three men concealed in an unfinished building diagonally across on Allen street. Virgil was hit in the back and left arm by three loads of buckshot from about 60 feet). Critically wounded, Virgil staggered into the hotel.
Virgil's upper arm was longitudinally fractured, and the doctor removed 4 inches of shattered bone and his elbow, leaving his arm permanently crippled. Virgil told his wife Allie, "Never mind, I've got one arm left to hug you with". Virgil was also shot through the back above the hip, and the doctor removed twenty buckshot that penetrated his body and lodged near the hip bone above the groin. After his shooting, Virgil spent the next three months recuperating. He was just starting to get back on his feet when on Saturday, March 18, 1882, Virgil's younger brother Morgan Earp was killed in another ambush.
The VIRGIL EARP signature has been thoroughly reviewed and CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC BY PSA/DNA EXPERT EXAMINATION. The document is encapsulated inside PSA/DNA's proprietary sonically-sealed, tamper-evident holder. UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED GENUINE.
Condition is as shown, with some paper loss to the letter "p" in both Earp signatures. Docketing in unknown hand on back reveals Earp paid back the loan in just one year. Several tape repairs to reverse of the document. Document measures appx. 3.5" x 8" enclosed in 10" x 13" encapsulate.
A handsome and impressive addition to the collection of the Wild West, O.K. Corral, Earp fan or autograph collector. An exceptional investment opportunity, and a truly rare and remarkable find.
Sold as is, as shown.