January 26, 2024 Brian Lebel's Old West Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/26/2024
This lot includes:
a) Ed Phillips' leather bag with hand beaded border and his initials "EP" beaded onto the front of the bag; made for him by his wife. Ed wore this pouch during his performances at "Buffalo Bill's Wild West". 3" x 4 1/2". Good condition. Some beads missing around the border edge
b) Ed Phillips' "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Pass" dated 1902, No. 108 for the "show" train. Memphis, Tenn. to Bridgeport, Conn. Shown: Wojtcowicz, page 184
c) Ed Phillips' ticket dated 1902-1903. London, Olympia. "Employe's Ticket". Shown, Wojtowicz, page 179
d) Cabinet card of a young Ed Phillips dressed in costume for the "Buffalo Bill" show 4" x 6 1/2". Note his neckerchief pin has "Buffalo Bill" on it and may be the only photo of a performer that exists showing this. Documented in Wojtowicz book page 69. Excellent content and condition
e) Cabinet card of a young Ed Phillips dressed in a formal suit wearing the very same "Buffalo Bill's Wild Bunch" badge pinned to his lapel. Corners trimmed
f) Cabinet card of young Ed Phillips in his cowboy hat taken while on tour in Oregon with "Buffalo Bill". 4" x 6 1/2". Faded
g) Lot of nine (9) mounted images of the Wild West
(not all images shown)
Item g) 4" x 5" of cowgirl and two men in suits and ties penned on back from Henry Schmidt;
4" x 6" shows two cowgirls in garb with hats and a well-dressed couple on fancy mount, penned on the back "from Henry Schmidt";
4" x 6" on fancy mount showing Indian walking;
4" x 5" in show grounds, of Ed Phillips at left pointing his finger with other cowboys laying around and stagecoach behind right;
4" x 5" of Ed Phillips w/ other cowboys stacked up on stagecoach;
2 1/4" x 3 1/2" image in middle of show folk, tent in background;
3 1/4 x 4 1/4" cowboy mounting a bucking horse;
2 1/2" x 4" group of cowboys with roped steer on the ground;
3 1/4" x 2 1/4" sharp image of well-dressed cowboy mounted in arena
Item Dimensions: Largest Image: 8 - 1/2" x 6".