"We sprayed the luminol right here," Sederwall says. The panel, which sits at the top of a steep, dark staircase, is probably oak or pine, and it’s been here since 1874, when this two-story adobe courthouse in the Sierra Blancas - the mountain range that rises through central and southern New Mexico - was built. Sofe Design Auctions of Richardson, Texas, will hold the auction on Friday morning.Steve Sederwall peers down at a rectangle of dark wood flooring. The photo has been verified by the George Eastman Museum in Texas, where historian Mark Osterman said the image was consistent with being a collodion tintype photo produced between 18. I then proceeded to buy it back from him at that time, and it has remained in it’s original condition in my family’s possession up to the present day.” He added that he was “very despondent for several years over the loss of the photo, until 2018, when this gentleman I spoke of, suddenly listed the photo on ebay for sale. At that time, I was unfortunately in need of immediate funds for a family crisis, and had no other alternative but to sell the photo.” In an addendum, Anderson said the photo remained in his family “through three generations continuously until 2010. “She explained to my grandfather’s family about the history of the photograph and how Billy had gifted the photo to her husband,” he wrote. Rare vintage farm tractor sells for $420K at multimillion-dollar auction Pink diamond sells for record-breaking $49.9M at Hong Kong auction Woman finds human fetus, cremated remains in storage unit Levi's jeans from 1880s with racist slogan sold at auction for $76K In a letter detailing the photograph’s journey into his family, vendor Tomas Anderson II said: “When my grandfather and family went to pay their respects to the widow of David Anderson at his 1918 funeral, she gifted him, with among other items, a small leather family photograph album. The photo, which has been kept in the same family for over a century, was originally handed over to the seller’s grandfather by the widow of David Anderson, aka Billy Wilson, who befriended Billy during the war.Īfter receiving a pardon from President Grover Cleveland in 1896, he went on to serve as sheriff of Terrell County and also worked a US customs inspector. He was finally caught by Sheriff Pat Garrett, who shot him in the dark. He is believed to have killed seven other men during the Lincoln County War in 1878, including Lincoln County Sheriff William Brady. Wearing a white shirt, dark waistcoat and top hat, Billy is looking down at his cards with a quarter-full bottle of booze sitting atop the small table in front of him.Īt the time, Billy was wanted for murdering a blacksmith in Arizona, according to the Daily Mail. Bonney - shows the 18-year-old seated with Richard Brewer, Fred Waite and Henry Brown. The photo from 1877 - only the second confirmed image of the wanted gunslinger, who was also known as William H. The photo of the outlaw is expected to sell for around $1M. A “one-of-a-kind” tintype photo of notorious Old West outlaw Billy the Kid playing cards with his gang is going under the hammer with a reported $1 million price tag.
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