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June 27, 2011 12:43 am PDT

Billy The Kid photo sells for $2.3 million

This here is Billy The Kid. And this here photo of Billy just sold at auction for $2.3 million. From Brian Lebel's Old West Show and Auction: 130 years ago, legendary outlaw Billy the Kid had his "picture made" in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, posing for what is now considered the most recognizable photo of the American West. A single, original tintype is the only authenticated photo of the Kid in existence today... Nearly as legendary as the kid himself, the photo has been studied, copied, scrutinized, portrayed in films, re-imagined, and immortalized. Once thought to prove Billy was "The Left Handed Gun," it later proved he was not. Billy the Kid is Coming to Denver (auction site) "Billy the Kid photograph fetches $2.3 million at auction" (CNN)...


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