Editing Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (section)

=== Paintings ===
In 1952, [[Victor Forsythe|Victor Clyde Forsythe]], a popular painter of desert scenes and cowboy artist, painted ''Gunfight at O.K. Corral'', a {{convert|43|by|60|in|cm}} oil painting. Forsythe's father William Bowen Forsyth<!-- Sic - he spelled the name without the "e". --> and uncle Ira Chandler owned the store Chandler & Forsyth C.O.D. at 328 Fremont Street, west of the back entrance to the O.K. Corral and half a block from the site of the gunfight. They claimed that they had been present and witnessed the shootout. Newspaper accounts of the painting reported that Forsythe had interviewed Tombstone residents and examined many of the existing buildings before beginning to plan his painting. In May 1988, his studio printed and sold a limited edition of 390 copies of the painting.<ref>{{cite web|last1=de Haas|first1=David D.|title=Victor Clyde Forsythe – Art of the West|date=August 16, 2013|url=http://www.historynet.com/victor-clyde-forsythe-and-the-gunfight-at-o-k-corral-a-new-perspective.htm|access-date=July 1, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702123634/http://www.historynet.com/victor-clyde-forsythe-and-the-gunfight-at-o-k-corral-a-new-perspective.htm|archive-date=July 2, 2015}}</ref>

John Gilchriese became friends with [[John H. Flood, Jr.|John Flood]], who had been Wyatt Earp's secretary, confidante, and best friend for many years. When Earp died, Flood inherited many of his personal belongings. Flood in turn willed them to Gilchriese, who amassed over a number of years one of the largest collections of personal items belonging to Wyatt and Virgil Earp, along with many unpublished photos of them and their family. Gilchriese opened the Wyatt Earp Museum in Tombstone in 1966 and commissioned Western artist [[Don Perceval]] to paint the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. The oil on masonite painting titled ''The Street Fight'' is {{convert|1.93|by|1.22|m|ftin|order=flip}}. It was the largest work ever executed by Perceval. He referred to original documents in Gilchriese's collection, including Wyatt Earp's own diagram of the shootout, and unpublished notes made by John Flood, to create what is regarded as the most accurate depiction of the shootout.<ref name=liveauctioneer>{{cite web |title=44098: Wonderful Painting of the O.K.Corral Gunfight |url=http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/27469268_wonderful-painting-of-the-ok-corral-gunfight |publisher=Live Auctioneers |access-date=March 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321011003/http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/27469268_wonderful-painting-of-the-ok-corral-gunfight|archive-date=March 21, 2015 }}</ref> Gilchreise had 500 lithographic prints reproduced from the original, which Perceval signed. The prints were sold by the museum for $10 ({{Inflation|US|10|1966|fmt=eq}}).<ref>{{cite news|title=Tombstone Gunfight Recreated On Canvas |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/18200115/ |newspaper=Tucson Daily Citizen|access-date=March 21, 2015 |location=Tucson, Arizona |page=21|date=October 17, 1966|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702072405/http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/18200115/ |archive-date=July 2, 2015}}</ref>

After Gilchriese closed his museum, the painting and other contents of the museum were sold at auction by John's Western Gallery of San Francisco. The estimated auction price for the painting had been $200,000 to $300,000;<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Christie's – Invitation to Consign |date=February 2003 |page=141 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yV0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA141 |issn=1522-9149 |volume=48 |number=2 |magazine=Los Angeles Magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417123650/https://books.google.com/books?id=yV0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA141 |archive-date=April 17, 2016 }}<!-- This is actually an advertisement in the Los Angeles Magazine --></ref> the final sale price on June 25, 2004, was $40,250. It was put up for auction again on June 14, 2014, with an estimated selling price of $40,000–$60,000 but failed to sell.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/wonderful-painting-of-the-o.k.-corral-gunfight,-c-44098-c-56a78508bd |title=Lot 44098: Wonderful Painting of the O.K. Corral Gunfight, Commissioned by John Gilchriese in 1966 for his Legendary Tombstone Museum |access-date=June 8, 2015 |date=June 14, 2014 |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611205232/http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/wonderful-painting-of-the-o.k.-corral-gunfight,-c-44098-c-56a78508bd |archive-date=June 11, 2015 }}</ref>