Photography of Billy The Kid, aka Henry McCarty, and members of his gang playing croquet.
Interesting introduction to collecting vintage photographs – something I’ve been thinking about doing for some time. I even bought a more detailed book on the subject: Collecting Photography by Gerry Badger. If you’re thinking about collecting old photographs and need more than this short introduction I’d suggest you take a look at this book.
In 2011, a modern-day treasure hunter was browsing through an antique shop in Fresno, California. Flipping through boxes, he came across an old photograph. An unsmiling group of men, 19th century Americans it seemed, were playing croquet in front of a wooden building in a rural setting. It was an interesting photograph. He paid $2 for it and walked out.After much investigation, it was concluded that one of the men was Billy the Kid, aka Henry McCarty, and the other players were his gang, The Regulators. This was only the second known photograph of the Wild West’s most infamous outlaw. That photo is now worth several million dollars.