Tombstone Made Wyatt Earp Famous

Stuart Lake’s legendary Wyatt Earp has more cachet among collectors than the real man behind the gun. When presented with the Earpiana collection of the late John Gilchriese at Johns’ Auction Service on February 18, bidders clamored for tangible items that Wyatt is believed to have touched: his two-blade, folding pocketknife by Imperial Knife Co., circa 1920s; a poker chip from Wyatt’s Dexter Saloon in Nome, Alaska; the knife with which he ate his last meal. The highest bid went to an O