Friday, June 24, 2011

Rare Billy the Kid Update

Rare Billy the Kid photo to go on auction block - Telegraph: "The two-by-three-inch photograph is the only known adult portrait of the Wild West gunslinger who variously went by the names William Bonney, Henry Antrim, Henry McCarty or just 'the Kid'.

One of the most famous photographs in the world, it first appeared in Sheriff Pat Garrett's book on how he tracked down and killed the Kid in 1881.

'This is it – the only one,' said Brian Lebel, auctioneer for the 22nd annual Old West Show and Auction to be held in Denver, Colorado.

'We'll have over 500 in the audience. We have eight telephone lines and we have three different internet hookups, so people can bid live online with real-time bidding (and) with a camera, so you can see the auctioneer.'"

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