{"id":22176,"date":"2015-10-14T20:08:03","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T20:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/blog\/?p=22176"},"modified":"2024-01-05T02:38:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T07:38:55","slug":"california-man-strikes-gold-at-junk-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2015\/10\/california-man-strikes-gold-at-junk-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"California Man Strikes Gold at Junk Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A team of Western American experts at Kagin&#8217;s recently announced an incredible find&#8230; Back in 2010, Randy Guijarro of Fresno, Cali., found and purchased an old tintype from a junk shop for just $2. Well, it turns out that this is only the second authenticated picture of the infamous Billy the Kid. The small 4&#215;5 image shows Billy the Kid and his gang, The Regulators, playing croquet in the summer of 1878 and has been appraised and insured for a staggering $5 million! The only other known photo was sold back in 2011 for $2.3 million, making it the 4th most expensive photo ever sold at the time. Read the full article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2015\/oct\/13\/billy-the-kid-croquet-junk-shop-two-dollars\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2015\/oct\/13\/billy-the-kid-croquet-junk-shop-two-dollars\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/billythekidhead.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of tintype showing Billy the Kid (middle)\" width=\"353\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of Western American experts at Kagin&#8217;s recently announced an incredible find&#8230; Back in 2010, Randy Guijarro of Fresno, Cali., found and purchased an old tintype from a junk shop for just $2. 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