пятница, 30 октября 2015 г.

Legend of the Wild West Billy the Kid (left) playing croquet, New Mexico, 1878


The uniqueness of this photo is that this is only the second documented, the image of Billy the Kid, one of the symbols of the Wild West.

History finds no less unique. Telecommunications engineer Randy Guidzharro (Randy Guijarro), whose hobby is collecting coins, sports cards and comic books in 2010, wandered into an antique shop in Fresno, California. Shopkeeper encouraged him to explore a couple of boxes of debris, pulling out from a warehouse with a view to their release in the trash. Randy digging, bought three photographs, paying them a ridiculous amount of two dollars, all he had cash in his pocket at the time. Particular attention is drawn Collector image size four to five inches of people playing croquet, (not to be confused with a cricket!). Having carefully studied the image under the microscope, Randy came to the stunning conclusion that the picture depicts William Henry McCarty, better known as Billy the Kid, serenely playing croquet with members of his gang.

After expert analysis for authenticity, the picture has been evaluated in five (!) Million.

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