Man bought old photo for $2 and learned it was worth $5,000,000 after experts discovered who is in the picture. The man was unaware that it was a rare photograph of Billy the Kid when he purchased it.
A photo dubbed ‘the holy grail of Western Americana’ was discovered by a man in an antiques shop by chance.
Collector Randy Guijarro happened across the photograph in question at a store in Fresno, California, and bought it for just $2 in 2010.
The black and white tintype photograph shows a group of people stood outside a barn, some of whom were playing croquet.
Taking the photo home, Randy went on to study it under a microscope and recognized one of the people.
