A new Billy the Kid photo...with Pat Garrett?

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CanyonAg77
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http://krqe.com/2017/11/13/experts-tintype-photo-of-billy-the-kid-pat-garrett-could-be-worth-millions/



Billy second from left, Garrett on far right. Although I assume this is a tintype, so the image is reversed from real life. Which seems likely, as the guy on the left is holding a pistol in his left hand. The guy with the pistol is believed to be Dirty Dave Rudabaugh.

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Experts now believe a photo purchased at a flea market for $10 shows Billy the Kid standing with the lawman who ultimately killed him, making the snapshot potentially worth millions.

Frank Abrams, a North Carolina attorney, first spotted the tintype photo in Asheville in 2011. The self-described history buff said the group picture of five men was part of a set and sat on his wall for several years.



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BQ78
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Color me skeptical, "Billy" is so blurry I don't see how it is confirmed. Also who are the so-called confirming experts who aren't named?
BrazosBendHorn
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The "expert" is probably some schmoe who shelled out $400 back in the day for the entire collection of The Old West book series from Time-Life.
BQ78
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Actually "Billy" is Johnny Manziel, isn't he doing the money thing?

Anyway for the Texags sleuths to compare faces, I present confirmed photos:





I say the "Pat Garrett" in the new photo has too narrow a face.
WildcatAg
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Why are they all wearing rouge?
CanyonAg77
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WildcatAg said:

Why are they all wearing rouge?
Because the Old West was fabulous.

Or maybe the tintype is deteriorating. Look at the bottom.
BQ78
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19th century colorization. The "Garrett" guy almost looks like a corpse, they put a liottle color in the cheeks to let you know they are alive.

Looking at the "Billy" where are his famous buck teeth?
CanyonAg77
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I agree. Guy doesn't look like Billy to me, but I think you could make a case for the guy on the right being Garrett
BQ78
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I don't even think it is Garrett the chin is just not right,

Regardless the guy got a great photo for $10 even if they are bunch of nobodies, because at worst it is an interesting photo of nobodies.
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