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 Kagins, which is negotiating the sale of the photo.
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Thank you. Women who look like Raquel always make me smile.
No Kidding.
I woke up the other day and found a women sitting on my dresser who looked like her a little, at least to me.
As a Lincoln County resident, I’ve kind of decided that Billy was a good guy who went overboard and Garrett was a bad guy with a badge.
That happens from time to time.
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