“I want no man who hesitates,” Frank Stewart told his Panhandle stockmen when they had realized that they weren’t just rounding up some stolen steer...
A Gun Exchanged for Billy the Kid’s Mare
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Collectibles
Tom Horn Hits the Auction Block
The former Pinkerton detective and hired gunman hanged for the murder of a rancher’s 14-year-old son, Willie Nickell—a crime he confessed to in...
Tom Horn Hits the Auction Block
The former Pinkerton detective and hired gunman hanged for the murder of a rancher’s 14-year-old son, Willie Nickell—a crime he confessed to in...
Range Story Tops Rare Book Sale
Forget the “blood and thunder” pulps, most readers appreciate a true-to-life range story. At least that’s what antiquarian bookseller Dudley...
Terpning Breaks Million-dollar Mark
“Toward the end, Geronimo, with fewer than a hundred fighting men, retarded settlement of a land larger than Germany and France combined. “For...
Cody-Style Home on the Range
Ever since the landmark sale of Molesworth furniture at Christie’s New York in 1995, collectors have been on the lookout for original pieces that...
Gold Rush Sale for Art Collectors
Marge Schott was the primary owner and CEO of the Cincinnati Reds for nearly 15 years, after purchasing controlling interest in the team in 1984....
The Best Bad Things
“I have seen purer liquors, better segars [sic], finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirk and Bowie knives, and prettier courtesans here...
The Tale of Two Russells
When an auction is called the C.M. Russell Auction, you pretty much know who the main attraction is going to be. But at this year’s event, another...
Prices Ride Tall in the Saddle
Saddles were so vital to 19th-century cowboy life that punchers often spent at least two months of pay on serviceable rigs, with more ornate saddles...
Collecting the West Roundup 2005
Not every item offered for sale attracts prospective buyers. Sometimes, a notice of sale awakens the sleuth in people. Richard Johnston, a...
En Plein Air
His painting style fit right into southern California’s plein air landscape tradition. En Plein Air is a French expression for “in the open air,”...