<P> Descendants of Wyatt Earp's cousins assert that Earp carried the pistol featured in the auction and while in Tombstone, although the grips, barrel, and cylinder have been replaced . Only the frame is original, and its serial number has been filed off . However, X-ray testing showed an original serial number, 5686, which matches a batch of revolvers purchased by the U.S. Army in 1874 . </P> <P> The history of the items is controversial, because they belonged to Boyer . John Boessenecker, a respected author of numerous articles on the American Old West and a collector of American Old West guns and memorabilia, said that it would be "impossible to separate the authenticity of the auction items from Boyer's own troubled history ." This is particularly true, because the provenance of the weapons is based on letters written by or given to Boyer . The authenticity of the revolver displayed at the auction is attested to by a typewritten letter dictated by Bill Miller to his daughter LaVonne Griffin . Miller was married to Estelle Edwards, the daughter of Adelia Earp Edwards, Wyatt's sister . Before his death, Boyer completed a sworn affidavit attesting that the Colt . 45 belonged to Earp . The affidavit is included with the revolver, along with other expert findings . Critics challenge the authenticity of the letter because Boyer signed an affidavit in 1994 and stated again in 1999, long after Bill Miller's death, that he did not have any documentation from Miller . LeRoy Merz, the owner of Merz Antique Firearms, is the nation's largest dealer in antique Winchesters in the United States . Despite Boyer's affidavit, he said the missing serial number is a "kiss of death ." He says, "No serious collector will want that ." </P> <P> The Wyatt revolver from Boyer's estate was expected to fetch from $100,000 and $150,000 . On the day of the auction, more than 6,400 online bidders and over 400 collectors from 49 countries took part in the auction . The revolver attributed to Wyatt Earp was sold to an unnamed phone bidder from New Mexico for $225,000 . The Winchester lever - action shotgun also said to be Wyatt Earp's sold for $50,000, below the high value estimate of $125,000 . </P> <P> John H. Flood Jr., Wyatt Earp's secretary, who he regarded like a son, drew a sketch of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1926 under Wyatt's supervision . The drawing placed participants and selected witnesses on Fremont Street in Tombstone, and Earp annotated it with lines indicating how the participants moved during the 30 - second shootout . It was sold at auction by Alexander Autographs in early October 2010, for $380,000 . </P>

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