$2 photo turns out to be $5 million Billy the Kid authentic

[GrandePdre]

Crazy story about how a guy bought this:

And zoomed in you see this:

And the guy on the left has been positively identified as Billy the Kid. The photo is of him and his gang The Regulators playing croquet. Only the 2nd ever photo ever verified of him in existence. Very cool.

 

[TortElvisII]

Thanks for link. Great story!

Billy the Kid was a better guy than we were led to believe.

 

[KingOfBBN]

How ****** do you have to feel to know you sold that for $2 ?

 

[MdWIldcat55]

This is an intriguing fragment of a story. I'd love to read much more about the process of verification. What's the event? Who are the other people? Given that there is only one other photo of BTK verified, how can you be certain this is him?

I'm not a doubter but I'm sure if they are asking $5 million for this photo, then they have a very persuasive case that it really is BTK. I'd love to be persuaded.

 

[KingOfBBN]

I read in Ron Hansen's Assassination of Jesse James book that Billy the Kid and Jesse met one time on a train and played poker in a group together.

If that is true, damn…that would be pretty awesome to witness.

 

[TortElvisII]

I read in Ron Hansen's Assassination of Jesse James book that Billy the Kid and Jesse met one time on a train and played poker in a group together.

If that is true, damn…that would be pretty awesome to witness.

Highly unlikely.

 

[KingOfBBN]

Highly unlikely.

When it comes to old gunslingers/outlaw legends, who knows what's total BS and what's true. Part of the appeal.

 

[UKserialkiller]

I hate kids

 

[UKwizard]

This is nothing Bill and Ted brought him to a high school presentation. Pfft

 

[TortElvisII]

Yep, he just had a really ****** press agent.

John Wesley Hardin killed 27. He let thousands live. Glass half full.

Read about Lincoln County War.

 

[Bratkartoffeln]

This is why being in the antiques business can be fun and rewarding. For example, while not in the same realm as this photo, I recently bought a aqua-colored scroll flask (bottle) for $3 at a yard sale that is worth $75. These treasure hunts can be quite fruitful.

 

[dezyDeco]

Crazy.

So, the one used for this is the only other verified photo?

I guess I thought there'd have been a couple of his "dead" ones floating around somewhere.

Intrawebz search shows a couple other pics that some people are making a claim as BTK.

 

[UKserialkiller]

That dude looks like a dude who'd I be able to kick ***

 

[krazykats]

Maybe, but could you do it before getting shot?

 

[domino79]

Dear Governor Axtell. I've heard that you will give 200 dollars for my head. Perhaps we should meet and talk. I am at the Juarez village at the border. Send 3 men, and instruct them not to shoot, as I am unarmed. In short, Sir; I surrender. Your obedient servant William H. Bonney. PS: I changed my mind. Kiss my ***. - Billy the Kid

 

[Xception]

From what little detail there is it doesn't look like the same person in the verified photo and the one playing croquet . Eyes seem further apart with less eyebrow , besides that you would think he would have a gun holster on at all times . Maybe it is him but I wouldn't buy that photo based on the distance it was taken from , I guess if you believe it's btk that's all that matters .

 

[KyCatFan_rivals45723]

Looks like the inbred banjo playing kid from Deliverance.

 

[UKserialkiller]

Maybe, but could you do it before getting shot?

Yep. Get close enough and then stab his guts out.

"Hey Billy, you got a light?"

 

[dezyDeco]

From what little detail there is it doesn't look like the same person in the verified photo and the one playing croquet . Eyes seem further apart with less eyebrow , besides that you would think he would have a gun holster on at all times . Maybe it is him but I wouldn't buy that photo based on the distance it was taken from , I guess if you believe it's btk that's all that matters .

Yeah, it might be him, but I don't know how you'd get to the level of confirmed with it?

The only real clues are the approximate size, the whatever-you-call-that-style of hat... and maybe someone knew that BTK had a snazzy croquet-playing sweater just like that in his closet.

 

[dezyDeco]

Yep. Get close enough and then stab his guts out.

"Hey Billy, you got a light?"

"Hey Billy, look at this. Don't worry, it's not even a real gun. Come closer."

(queue the Psycho shower scene music)

 

[Xception]

Looks like the inbred banjo playing kid from Deliverance.

I wonder if Great Grandfather of Saul was playing croquet , picture quality is a dead match .

 

[UKserialkiller]

"Hey Billy, look at this. Don't worry, it's not even a real gun. Come closer."

(queue the Psycho shower scene music)

Ha ha ha ha!! That's awesome

 

[jwheat]

I knew I should have put that $10 sticker on that picture. Damn

 

[Xception]

National Geographic channel 9 to 11pm

 

[KyCatFan_rivals45723]

 

[kyboy1998_rivals34276]

5' 3" 125lbs

Nowadays somebody would have just snatched him up and kicked the **** out of him.

It's amazing how small people used to be.

 

[wildcatsboston1984_rivals]

5' 3" 125lbs

Nowadays somebody would have just snatched him up and kicked the **** out of him.

It's amazing how small people used to be.

He would shoot them first

 

[kyboy1998_rivals34276]

He would shoot them first

He didn't shoot everyone he saw.

There isn't a rule you can't shoot back either.

 

[UKserialkiller]

He didn't shot everyone he saw.

There isn't a rule you can't shoot back either.

Exactly. That's how you get him.

Plus let's not over mythify this guy. He wasn't Neo from the Matrix. He was 5'3 and 125 lbs wet.

 

[TortElvisII]

So the murder total of a completely different person means Billy The Kid was a better guy than we were once led to believe?

By that "logic," Ted Bundy was a better guy than we were previously led to believe because Andre Chikatilo had 53 confirmed murders.

http://www.aboutbillythekid.com/btk_howbadwashe.htm


I guess in your mind Allied soldiers were bad for killing. It was a feud. BTK did not kill like you were taught. Comparing BTK to Bundy is laughable.

 

[TortElvisII]

He didn't shot everyone he saw.

There isn't a rule you can't shoot back either.

Was your great grandpa a Garrett?

BTK was 5'8". Poster is incorrect.

 

[wildcatsboston1984_rivals]

He didn't shoot everyone he saw.

There isn't a rule you can't shoot back either.

Hard to shoot when you're dead though.

 

[TortElvisII]

I am working on a new book "Nuclear War Our Best Hope". Foreword by General Jack Ripper.

 

[kyboy1998_rivals34276]

Was your great grandpa a Garrett?

BTK was 5'8". Poster is incorrect.

5' 8" 125? The size of an average middle schooler. Barely big enough to have an "X" on his helmet in peewee football.

Now he sounds super tough. Thanks for the correction.

 

[TortElvisII]

To quote Helen Crump "he'd kill you".

 

[From-the-stands]

This is why being in the antiques business can be fun and rewarding. For example, while not in the same realm as this photo, I recently bought a aqua-colored scroll flask (bottle) for $3 at a yard sale that is worth $75. These treasure hunts can be quite fruitful.

I once bought one of those blueish looking coke bottles at a yard sale for 25c that was worth $5 and when I couldn't find any takers I shot it with my BB gun.

 

[Kaizer Sosay]

I've got a photo of Leroy Byrd posterizing Billy The Kid on the Blue Courts. Leroy's nuts are all up in BTK's grill.

Hasn't been verified by any photography experts yet...but it's a pretty cool pic.

 

[UK_Dallas]

National Geographic channel 9 to 11pm

Coming back on in 30 minutes if you missed it.

 

[TortElvisII]

It is real. Not sure why they did not notice trees lack leaves. Unless they were dead, October through April. May be dead.

 

[Xception]

Haha at 70% of the paddock touching Billy up , wonder if they had a group rate for coffins .