Junk Store Photo of Billy the Kid Valued At Millions

A California couple purchased three Old West photographs for $2 from a junk store in Fresno, California, only to learn that one of them -- the earliest known image of the world famous Wild West outlaw Henry McCarty, better known as Billy the Kid -- may be worth $5 million. Experts say the 1878 tintype photo is so valuable because it is a rare historic document. McCarty, who also used the pseudonym William H. Bonney, is one of the most notorious 19th-century U.S. outlaws. Books...

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