It’s Not Just the Money; It’s the Story
Auction houses and Western collectors enjoyed a banner year of selling and buying art, collectibles and firearms.
Why do we collect The West? For most of us it’s not about the money, nor is it just an investment. It is about a love of the artifacts. And why? Sometimes it’s their sheer beauty, like the exquisitely engraved firearms offered by Rock Island Auctions at the beginning of 2021, or the luminescence of a R. Tom Gilleon painting of a tepee

True West January 2022
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
To The Point
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Departments
- Billy the Kid, Gunfighters and Rewards
- Best of the West 2022: Western Wear
- What History Has Taught Me: W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear
- Best of the West 2022: Western Preservation
- Best of the West 2022: Firearms
- Best of the West 2022: Western Fare
- Best of the West 2022: Art & Collectibles
- Best of the West 2022: True Westerner of the Year
- Cave Creek Ambush
- Earp Versus Breakenridge