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.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
And to think we get to see this photo for free.
And some idiot paid 5 million for a printout.
The photo isn’t authentic. Brian Williams said he was there, and uless he took the photo ...
At least he’s not using flamingos and substituting prairie dogs for hedgehogs.
They need to get out more.....
The version of the pic at the NY Post (above) was heavily cropped and flopped. I had to pay five million, but it was worth it.
Yes........................to a liberal fool with lots of dough.............call Jeff Beezos, or that Facebook kid crook..............
Well there goes THAT image and legend!
What’s next? Wild Bill Hickok dancing around a maypole?
And what they forgot to also mention is that he had quiche for lunch.
Gotta love the free market. :)
Maybe feature it on the Pawn shop kings show
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The 130 year scandal of Billy the Kid’s grave in Fort Sumner:
https://roadtrippers.com/stories/billy-the-kid?lat=40.80972&lng=-96.67528&z=5
Awesome resolution and sharpness.
Does that pencil have Jon Voit’s teeth marks in it?
Well, they got into jail after he was dead, that’s for sure.
I Miss Billy the Kid:
https://youtu.be/8pkIoTNVIMw
By ALEXA VALIENTE
via GOOD MORNING AMERICA
April 26, 2013
Two men became the new proud owners of a rare 1913 Liberty Head nickel, which was hidden in a closet for 41 years after its owners were mistakenly told it was fake.
Larry Lee, 63, from Panama City, Fla., and Jeff Garrett, 54, from Lexington, Ky., paid $3,172,500 for the coin from Heritage Auctions in Schaumburg, Ill., on Thursday.
“I love rare coins,” Lee told ABCNews.com. “For anyone connected to coins, this is like a dream come true.” Lee and Garrett bought the coin in partnership. ...”
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/04/your-nickel-could-be-worth-4-million/
“The coin’s former owner, George Walton, died in a car accident in 1962. His family recovered the nickel from the car wreck but was told that the coin was counterfeit. Walton’s sister kept the coin anyway, stowing it away in a closet with the label “It’s not real.”
Walton’s sister’s four children inherited the coin and brought it to auction this year, after learning more about its authenticity at the 2003 American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money in Baltimore.
Attempts by ABC News to contact the heirs were not successful, but Cheryl Myers, one of the four heirs, told the the Associated Press, “The sad part is my mother had it for 30 years and she didn’t know it.”
Yes, I know. Just struck me as humorous...
Pretty amazing to blow it up that much and still be sharp.
One can see the saw marks on the building siding.
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