Photo of Billy the Kid sold U.S. $ 2.3 Million

Photo of Billy the Kid, the legendary figure of the American Wild West era, sold for $ 2.3 million in an auction in Denver, State of Colorado, USA, recently. Old photograph is described as the only photo Billy the Kid is certainly authentic.

The photos were believed to be made in 1879 or 1880 in the area of ​​Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The gunman seemed to wear shabby clothes and hat, staring at the camera while holding a Winchester rifle.

The picture was bought by a private collector William Koch. Price $ 2.3 million (nearly USD 20 billion) paid in the auction of six-fold from the estimated price, said spokeswoman Melissa McCracken auction.



Billy the Kid gave the photo to a friend, And Dendrick, and family Dendrick then save it. "There is only one photo Billy the Kid, and I think that's why these portraits capture the imagination of people," McCracken said as quoted by BBC Indonesia, on Sunday (26 / 6).

Recidivists Billy the Kid was believed born in New York, but moved to Colorado with his mother and brothers and his brother when his father died. He then went into the crime of theft and violations of other laws.

Top ulahnya, he then became a fugitive in several states in northern U.S. and northern Mexico as well. He allegedly killed 21 people, but some sources put the number 27.

Billy the Kid was captured and sentenced to hang for killing a sheriff in 1878. He got away, but he finally died at the hands of people who hunt, Sheriff Patrick Floyd Garrett, on July 14, 1881.