BUFFALO BILL CODY. Cabinet Card, 6 1/2" x 4 1/4". Falk, N.Y. imprint. Strong Portrait of Cody. Minor emulsion loss along left edge of print, o/w fine. (W.911); $650.

BUFFALO BILL CODY. Cabinet card, 4 1/4 " x 6 1/2" , Buffalo Bill Cody, ca 1875, showing a young Cody holding a Remington M1872 Army rolling block rifle, an ivory gripped single action visible at waist. Taken around the time in NYC, original probably by Sarony, anonymous period pirated image. Overall Fine cond. (W.892); $700.

FEMALE SHARPSHOOTER. Cabinet Card. View of eoman with rifle behind head. J. Brown, Milwaukee photographer's imprint.  Mount exhibits chipping to b/r corner, small loss of surface paper along top on left side, mount has tear bottom center, image has good tonality and contrast. (W.934); $475.

WILD WEST PERFORMER. Cabinet Card, 6 1/2" x 4 1/4". Obermuller & Son, N.Y. imprint. Fine image of a sure shot, Native American?. It appears that the albumen image is atop another image, but certainly done at the time of the original printing (not been pasted down at a later time).(W.914) $700.

NATIVE AMERICAN WILD WEST PERFORMERS. Cabinet Card, 6 1/2" x 4 1/4". F. Borel, Dunnville imprint. Graphically strong view of two Native Americans. Unfortunately, there isn't enough to tell the whole story, however I'm assuming these were performers with one of the touring shows, judging by their theatrical spear and knife.(certainly the possibility exists that they were photographers props, but...) Very appealing view, some light to moderate soiling, and light wear.(W.917)$1000.

WILD WEST PERFORMERS. Cabinet Card, 6 1/2" x 4 1/4". Strong portrait of a pair of Wild West performers, attired in western garb, and both holding rifles. Taken in England (Robinson & Thompson, Birkenhead photographer's imprint), as the majority of American Wild West troupes toured Europe, most notably Buffalo Bill Cody's shows. Strong tones and very good contrast, light foxing in sky area. Two small areas on back on blank mount have been scarred by removal of tape. (W.915); $sold.  

WILD WEST PERFORMERS. Cabinet Card, 6 1/2" x 4 1/4". Portrait of a pair of Wild West performers, attired in western garb, and both holding rifles. Durtha, Delaware, Ohio photographer's imprint and ornate backmark. Strong tones and very good contrast, overall Fine cond. (W.902);675

THE GUNFIGHT. Lot of two cabinet card photographs, 5" x 7", wild west performers or actors. One image has the performer poised with gun in hand , presumably ready to fire ( but alas either not fast enough or dead eye enough) as he lays slain in the next image. W. Barnett Smith, Newark NJ photographer's imprint.  The later image, in horizontal format, has a pin hole/ nail hole top center, both exhibits some light average soiling and wear, overall VG . (W. 863);$850.   

PETE CULBERTSON. Cabinet Card. 7" x 4 1/2". L.E. Gilman, Lemmon, S. Dakota photo backmark. Culbertson was a well known Dakota personality who gained international attention when he and another boy killed a peaceable Sioux Indian Few Tails, during the Wounded Knee scare. Culbertson was tried but acquitted on the grounds that it was an act of war. At the same time the young Sioux Warrior "Plenty Horses" was also acquitted for killing Lt. Casey on the same grounds. Many still believe that it was a trade as to convict one, you would also have to convict the other. The white people in this area, while believing it to be a cowardly act, still were not to hang a white man for killing an Indian. Culbertson went on to establish his own Wild West Show, and throughout the rest of his life, he was known as "Indian Pete".(W.916); $450. 

1912 COL. FRED CUMMINS’ WILD WEST AND INDIAN CONGRESS biographical sketch booklet. 6 ¼” X 9 ¼”; 24 pp. Wraps. Contains numerous biographical sketches and photographs, including Chief Red Cloud, Calamity Jane and Geronimo. Color cover and back. Repaired  spine, t/l corner missing back cover,  o/w  G cond. (W.890). $200.

LONE STAR HARRY. New York Dick"s Publishing House (1893) 6 ¾“ x 5“, original pictorial pink wrappers. [16 pp.] Woodcut portrait on front wrapper. First Edition of this pamphlet that seems to have been entirely unknown until a small cache, along with additional Lone Star Harry material, surfaced a dozen or so years ago. Harry, who successfully suppressed his full name while earning the additional sobriquet of "The Revolver King," was supposedly born near Eagle Pass, Texas, in 1855 and had a lively career as cowboy, army scout in the Indian wars, and ace marksman in various Wild West shows, including that of Pawnee Bill (Gordon W. Lillie). This souvenir booklet contains a brief account of Harry's career, a very brief description of Texas, a dissertation by Harry on handling revolvers, and a detailed account of a cattle drive from Nieces County, Texas, to Ogolalla, Nebraska, from February to July, 1882. The text also contains some wonderful songs and several publisher’s advertisements. Some light foxing on cover, o/w very fine cond. (W.861); $125.

ACTOR IN WESTERN ATTIRE. Cabinet card of Edwin Arden (imprinted on mount), in western garb with a large snake coiled around his leg. Arden  was an actor, theatre manager, and playwright. Bennett & Co,, N.Y. photographer's imprint. Some light to moderate soiling and wear to mount, overall VG+. (W.936); $425.

WILD WEST PERFORMER. Cabinet Card , Ca. 1880s Appealing portrait of either a Wild West performer or theatrical, wears fringed books, revolvers in chain belt. Clark, Worcester, Mass photographer's imprint. Two small pinholes bottom of mount, o/w Fine cond. (W.904); $800.

WILD WEST COWGIRL Cabinet Card photograph, ca 1910 toned silverprint , 6 1/2" x 4 1/4". Portrait of a Wild west cowgirl holding a lariat. There is a photographer’s blindstamp on bottom of mount, however am unable to discern the name. Overall VG+. (W.865); $295.

WILD WEST PERFORMER OR ACTOR. Cabinet Card, 6 1/2" x 4 1/4". Hoscobel, Wisconsin photographer's imprint. Ca. 1900 toned gelatin photograph of either an actor or Wild West performer, wearing broad brimmed hat, boots and holding rope. (W.922)$400.

COWGIRL. Cabinet Card photograph, 6 1/2" x 4 1/4". Portrait of Actress  (inscribed on back: "...Best wishes, Genevieve Gibson Around the Clock Co. 1907") Columbus, Ohio photographer's imprint. Two small pinholes right side of image, o/w Fine condition. (W.920); $225.  

CA. 1900 PHOTO. COWBOY AND COWGIRL Toned silverprint, 5 1/4" x 3 1/2" on 9" x 6" ivory mount. View of seated cowgirl reading letter, cowpoke looks on. Either wild west or theatrical, exhibits strong tonality and contrast. Some minor soiling on mount, overall Fine condition. (W. 939); $245.

LILLIE LANGTRY. Cabinet Card. Ca. 1880, Newsboy, New York. Very Small pc of  emulsion top center edge, esle f. (W.102); sold
(Emilie Charlotte Le Breton) (1852-1929), English actress, noted for her beauty, born on Island of Jersey; called the Jersey Lily. It was Judge Roy Bean ,the U.S. frontiersman, enamored by her beauty, who named the town of Langtry, Texas after her, and as local justice of the peace and held court sessions in the saloon; the Jersey Lilly.