A pocket watch presented to Wild West lawman, gunslinger and raconteur Bat Masterson is offered at RR Auction on July 13.
 Bat Masterson was a famous Wild West gunslinger |
It's expected to sell for in excess of $15,000.
Masterson, something of a local celebrity, received the watch for winning Dodge City's most popular man competition on July 4, 1885.
He was also awarded a gold watch with a chain and a gold topped cane.
It's inscribed: "To W. B. Bat Masterson, from the Citizens of Ford Co."
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