Bonhams to offer The Early West: The Collection of Jim and Theresa Earle
The gun Pat Garrett used to kill Billy the Kid, Colt Peacemaker Revolver Estimate: $2-3 million. Photo: Bonhams.
LOS ANGELES, CA
.-Bonhams announces it has been entrusted with the sale of The Early West: The Collection of Jim and Theresa Earle, one of the most important and well-documented collection of firearms belonging to Western Lawmen and Outlaw Legends. Jim Earle, a beloved engineering professor at Texas A&M, and his wife Theresa assembled this incredible collection over the course of more than 40 years. The collection includes historical firearms, Western manuscripts & memorabilia, and Western art. Highlighting the sale is most iconic treasure of early western history: the gun Pat Garrett used to kill Billy the Kid (estimate: $2-3 million).