Here, y'all can make a copy of this and save yourselves $2.6 million.
Posted on 06/26/2011 10:16:04 AM PDT by lowbridge
What is believed to be the only surviving authenticated portrait of Billy the Kid went up for auction in Denver on Saturday and sold for $2.3 million.
The tintype on Saturday evening went to private collector William Koch at Brian Lebel's 22nd Annual Old West Show & Auction, where auction spokeswoman Melissa McCracken said the image of the 1800s outlaw was the most expensive piece ever sold at the event.
A 15 percent fee was added to the bidding price, making the selling price more than $2.6 million. Organizers had expected it could fetch between $300,000 and $400,000.
The tintype is believed to have been taken in 1879 or 1880 in Fort Sumner, N.M.
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You would think relatives would be chomping at the bit...and I’d say they’re all entitled.
Here, y'all can make a copy of this and save yourselves $2.6 million.
Dumb and snot-nosed looking, wasn’t he?
Certainly not one to bring home to meet the parents.
Looks very much like Paul Newman in the ‘Left Handed Gun’ before Paul became a famous actor.
Yeah, with his hand OVER the muzzle. Kinda reminds me of Algore's 'Nam photo.
I read somewhere that “tintype” pictures are reversed and the Kid was right handed but they went by this picture when they made The Left Handed Gun.
Check out thr low hanging ahead of their time gangsta’ pants, only his don’t show his butt.
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