An old photo discovered in an antiques store was sold for a measly $2.
Randy Guijarro actually bought three old photos from the collectables store in Fresno County, California.
However, little did he realize that one of the photos featured a rarely-pictured folklore legend and was worth millions.
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It reminds us of the time a woman bought a super-rare painting for $4, only to discover it was worth a massive six figures.
Then there was the extremely rare vintage Rolex that was found in a drawer that, when restored, was worth a whopping six figures.
“I really just liked the looks of [it]. It’s 4 x 5 inches, it’s a tintype, and it’s a country scene,” Guijarro told National Geographic.
But, upon closer inspection, Guijarro realized one of the photos was of infamous outlaw, Billy the Kid, along with four of his gang members, and his girlfriend.
“It’s not till [I] put it under a magnifying glass [that I thought], ‘Oh my, what have we got going on here?'”
Guijarro and his wife Linda spent several years researching and trying to find evidence to prove the photo’s authenticity.
“It took us a year [of] initial research, reading up and getting up to speed. Linda and I became authenticators and historians by default,” he said.
“We spent the next four years solid going at this, traveling throughout the Southwest, calling people, going to Western shows, talking to experts.
“A lot of people dismissed it out of hand because it’s too unbelievable.”
However, the couple’s hard work paid off when auction house, Kagin’s, was able to authenticate the piece.
In a rare turn of events, the couple somehow had managed to get hold of one of only two known photos of the gunfighter.
The auction house insured the rare photo for $5 million.
However, there are some experts who aren’t convinced the photo is really of Billy the Kid.
“There are a few of these so-called experts, and I’ve actually talked to them. I said, you’ve asked me to do these things, [I] went out and did them,” Guijarro said
“I lay out physical proof, I get nothing back. So, I don’t even like to give credence to their names anymore. They’re going to become people that will have just faded off into history.”
There’s only one authentic photo of Billy the Kid – real name, Henry McCarty.
Back in 2011, businessman William Koch bought the prized photo for $2.3 million at an auction in Denver.
