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A photo bought for $2 in a junk shop is worth $5,000,000
NY Post ^
| 13 October, 2015
| David K. Li
Posted on 10/13/2015 12:02:49 PM PDT by oh8eleven
A rare photo of legendary outlaw Billy the Kid, purchased for less than a subway ride, could now fetch $5 million.
The outlaw, whose real name was William H. Bonney, was playing croquet with his gang of Lincoln County Regulators in late summer 1878 when this 4-by-5-inch tintype image was captured, according to Americana company Kagin’s, which is negotiating the sale of the photo.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: billythekid; california; croquet; fresnocounty; godsgravesglyphs; lincolncounty; lincolncountywar; randyguijarro; williamhbonney
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How come I can never find a $5 million picture - or an original Declaration of Independence or ...
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posted on
10/13/2015 12:02:49 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
To: oh8eleven
Billy the Kid playing croquet?
Well there goes THAT image and legend!
What’s next? Wild Bill Hickok dancing around a maypole?
To: oh8eleven
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posted on
10/13/2015 12:06:42 PM PDT
by
jpl
("You cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists." - Lt. General Michael Flynn)
To: oh8eleven
And exactly WHO is willing to pay $5 million for a photo of Billy the Kid?
Sounds like a very over-zealous bit of PR and propaganda on behalf of the auctioneer
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posted on
10/13/2015 12:07:23 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: oh8eleven
Envy is terrible.
I have enough for ten people right now.
Think i’ll go take it out on fiance and cat.
Nothing physical, just bossing around.
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posted on
10/13/2015 12:07:51 PM PDT
by
dp0622
To: oh8eleven
Anything could be worth $5 million, a pencil could be worth $5 million, all you need to do is find someone willing to pay that. Easy!
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posted on
10/13/2015 12:07:53 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(B. Hussein Obama: 20 acts of Treason and counting.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
10/13/2015 12:08:22 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: oh8eleven
I have a snapshot of President Wilson on board a ship coming home from the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919. My fathers uncle took the photo. He was in the presidential honor guard and came back to the USA on the same ship. I wonder if it is worth anything.
To: oh8eleven
How is a Subway ride a measure of wealth/value? I’d pay to not take one. Besides one can always follow the lead of the locals and jump the ‘stile.
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posted on
10/13/2015 12:08:39 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(my non-desktop devices are no longer allowed to try to fix speling and punctuation, nor my gran-mah.)
To: oh8eleven
Imagine how valuable it would be if it was a selfie he took with Pat Garrett?
To: oh8eleven
When he grew up did they call him William the adult?
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posted on
10/13/2015 12:09:27 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(B. Hussein Obama: 20 acts of Treason and counting.)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
He never made it to adulthood, courtesy of Pat Garrett, or so Garrett claimed.
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posted on
10/13/2015 12:10:28 PM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: oh8eleven
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posted on
10/13/2015 12:11:28 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(Eagles fan after loss to Dallas -- This is the first time I ever saw the "prevent offense".)
To: nickcarraway
Hahahaha omg that was good!
To: Buckeye McFrog
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posted on
10/13/2015 12:12:24 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Do you suppose the others always let the Kid win? Do you suppose he knew it?
-PJ
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posted on
10/13/2015 12:13:12 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: Jarhead9297
To: Paladin2
How is a Subway ride a measure of wealth/value?
In NYC that's the measuring stick.
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posted on
10/13/2015 12:14:25 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: oh8eleven
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posted on
10/13/2015 12:15:07 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: PGR88
Sounds like a very over-zealous bit of PR and propaganda on behalf of the auctioneer
If Wayne Gretzky will pay $8 million for an Honus Wagner baseball card, someone may pay $5 million for a photo of Billy the Kid.
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posted on
10/13/2015 12:15:20 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
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