Billy the Kid?

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:37 pm

Supposedly, a CA expert has authenticated the above photo as Billy the Kid playing croquet.

New image shows Billy the Kid playing croquet

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 4:25 pm

It could be but I sure wouldn't pay $5,000,000 for it.

RustyJr · Post by **RustyJr** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 5:15 pm

Agreed . . . $5,000,000 would buy alot of leverguns and ammo lol

RustyJr

Daisyman · Post by **Daisyman** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 5:36 pm

gamekeeper wrote:It could be but I sure wouldn't pay $5,000,000 for it.

Where did the $5,000,000 figure come from?

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 5:46 pm

Daisyman wrote:
gamekeeper wrote:It could be but I sure wouldn't pay $5,000,000 for it.
Where did the $5,000,000 figure come from?

It was bought in a miscellaneous lot for $2.00 but Fox News say it may go for $5,000,000

Kevin Costner is going to make a movie about it.

Daisyman · Post by **Daisyman** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 7:31 pm

Oh, I see. There some people that's got WAAAAAY to much money.

spaceman spiff · Post by **spaceman spiff** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:47 pm

It would have been a FAR better pic of him playing beer pong

croquet is boring
unless you get to use a Big Bertha driver

spaceman

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:29 am

The guy pointing looks a little like Paul Newman ...

Tom Mix · Post by **Tom Mix** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 7:27 pm

Thank goodness I logged on as I just got a copy for free. Tell the guy I will sell him my copy for just $1,000,000.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 7:30 pm

Bill in Oregon wrote:The guy pointing looks a little like Paul Newman ...

Here is another picture of the guy pointing...

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:56 pm

I can't believe my wife threw that old tintype in an old box of junk I dropped off at the auction house a while back.----6

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 9:48 pm

Sixgun wrote:I can't believe my wife threw that old tintype in an old box of junk I dropped off at the auction house a while back.----6

Grizz · Post by **Grizz** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 8:00 am

That's a low-res copy. It looks like maybe a schoolhouse. Swing in front. Lots of little ones in stand-by mode. No visible firearms. I'd like to see details of the others, but this image doesn't enlarge well enough. I wonder if any of the others have been identified.

Richardx · Post by **Richardx** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 12:21 pm

I think that the man pointing could be Dick Brewer (Richard M. Brewer) was killed at Blazer Mill by Buckshot Roberts.
Roberts shot Brewer through the eye with a .45/70.

bigbore442001 · Post by **bigbore442001** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 5:56 pm

I'll be honest. I wish I bought the thing for two bucks.

horsesoldier03 · Post by **horsesoldier03** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 8:30 pm

Bill in Oregon wrote:The guy pointing looks a little like Paul Newman ...

Funny that you stated that, I was thinking the same thing!

JohndeFresno · Post by **JohndeFresno** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:18 pm

"FRESNO, Calif. -- A collector bought a photo at a junk shop in Fresno, California, for $2. Turns out, the guy on the left of the photo is the infamous outlaw, Billy the Kid, playing croquet.

Photos of Billy are extremely rare-- experts say this one could be worth $5 million..."

I don't live too far away from where the find took place. This area holds quite a few little known secrets from the days of the Old West.

Interestingly enough, I still possess (handed down father to son) a couple of dozen .45 Colt 250 grain XTP bullets that Billy the Kid used to load his Single Action Army. I am hereby offering them for sale at the fair price of $1,00 each, never been used. Quite a bargain for a piece of history.

FLINT · Post by **FLINT** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 8:22 am

Bill in Oregon wrote:The guy pointing looks a little like Paul Newman ...

wow, Billy the Kid AND Paul Newman in the same picture. Contact Fox News immediately. It must be worth 10 million now!

how are they sure its Billy the kid? looks like any random irish kid to me

hkfrost · Post by **hkfrost** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 10:04 am

It's Alfalfa from the Lil Rascals!

FLINT · Post by **FLINT** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 1:41 pm

hkfrost wrote:It's Alfalfa from the Lil Rascals!

thats exactly my point

random Irish kid

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 2:33 pm

Apparently, they identified four other individuals in the photo, and historical records gave them an event at the locale where all 5 would have been at the same time.

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 3:29 pm

Maybe I'm spittin' sour grapes, but of what use to history is the knowledge that Billy the Kid played croquet, and why would anyone pay $5M for proof that he did?

:lol

claybob86 · Post by **claybob86** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 1:36 am

FWiedner wrote:Maybe I'm spittin' sour grapes, but of what use to history is the knowledge that Billy the Kid played croquet, and why would anyone pay $5M for proof that he did?

:lol

Far as I know, prior to this, there was only one authenticated photo of B the K. So, I guess any photo of him would be valuable no matter what he was doin'. I would have paid $6M, but it was sold before I found out about it!

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 10:14 pm

The documentary is on right now... on the National Geographic Channel.

Booger Bill · Post by **Booger Bill** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 10:25 pm

Famous last words:
So yer Billy the kid huh? Wall, yuh dont look so tuff ta me!

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 5:52 pm

FWiedner wrote:...what use to history is the knowledge that Billy the Kid played croquet...?

:lol

I sorta thought yer remark required some instructions... like: "no less than 10 pages; include regional and national impact, if any; typed, double spaced... "

PriseDeFer · Post by **PriseDeFer** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 10:27 am

One of the folks in the documentary, to these eyes well done, identified the lady to the right of the pointing man as Sarah Chisum. The image was made by a crack photographer, is in good condition, will inspire debate and research for years and invites us to step through a just opened door. Who's goin'?

Ben_Rumson · Post by **Ben_Rumson** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:30 pm

It isn't so much that it's another pic of the Kid, but it's the only known pic of the Regulators... Or as some would say, Billy and his gang..

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